| Psychics provide an opportunity to explore a | | | | children, regularly encounter statistical improbability at |
| mysterious world that lies just beyond our five | | | | such a level as to be unexplainable using statistics or |
| senses. Opening a door to the supernatural realm of | | | | standard scientific reasoning. Utilizing the Zener card |
| spirits and other worldly phenomenon psychics hold | | | | test many children regularly defy the odds by scoring |
| the key to the future that is yet to be. | | | | 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60 % accuracy on a test with |
| Some skeptics say psychics do not exist but many | | | | a statistical mean of 25% by chance. If that were a |
| experts disagree. Considering the expansive collection | | | | drug trial being run and that was the incidence of |
| of unexplained phenomenon, in the world, it is hard to | | | | death for participants the FDA would certainly |
| dispute the possibility of psychic powers. | | | | consider that significant. Right? |
| We do know that we only use about 10% of our | | | | Human development occurs in stages each with its |
| brains resources. So, what is the other 90 % for? It | | | | own marked physiological characteristics. During |
| would stand to reason that it has some function. | | | | childhood it would be no surprise to find out that we |
| Right? So, is it not possible that somewhere, in that | | | | have the highest number of synaptic pathways that |
| untapped potential, resides a sixth sense? | | | | we ever have during the course of our lives. Do |
| A sense that allowed us to survive a much darker | | | | these extra connections provide a medium to the |
| time when man was forced to compete with | | | | psychic realm? Is our brain wired towards the |
| oversized predators and elusive prey. Only armed | | | | paranormal at earlier stages of human development |
| with his mind and his wits was mankind able to | | | | due to anatomical and physiological processes that |
| evolve into its current modern day form. | | | | are occurring during the first several years of our |
| The ability to sense, that which lies beyond our five | | | | lives? |
| senses, would have been an invaluable tool to early | | | | Furthermore, according to Comparative Embryology |
| man. It may have allowed the survival of the human | | | | during the first 6 weeks of human development, in |
| species, as we know it today. As time went on and | | | | our mother's womb, we go through an evolution of |
| living conditions became easier with the domestication | | | | sorts. In fact up until the time we differentiate we |
| of animals, honing of learned skills, and the ability to | | | | may not be distinguished from lower life forms, in the |
| form an agrarian society that these abilities may have | | | | same phase of development. From a single cell to |
| atrophied. | | | | pharyngeal gill slits to human morphology we exhibit |
| Our psychic abilities may have atrophied to the point | | | | the traits of our animal ancestors. |
| that they became anatomical and physiologically | | | | Is it possible that this comparative morphology |
| vestigial in nature. The genetic combination | | | | extends past the physical development of the human |
| responsible for the psychic trait may now rarely | | | | body and into our development outside the womb? |
| appear except aberrantly, in a chosen few, whose | | | | Maybe, our cognitive development goes through an |
| genotype phenotypically expresses the trait for | | | | "evolution" of sorts were the anatomy and |
| psychic abilities once again. | | | | physiology of our minds comparatively resembles our |
| Just because we do not understand something fully | | | | ancient psychic human ancestors. |
| does not mean it does not exist. The possibility of | | | | So, the question becomes can we disprove all |
| psychic ability, in our mysterious universe, is still a | | | | plausible explanations, hypothesis, and theories |
| plausible explanation for many unexplained | | | | regarding psychic ability. Not can we prove psychic |
| phenomenon. | | | | ability exists. In addition many skeptics spend their |
| Even with all of the advancements over the last 100 | | | | entire lives trying to prove that psychic abilities do |
| years there is still much debate and speculation, in | | | | not exist rather than trying to disprove their own |
| the scientific community, about a plethora of topics. | | | | explanations, hypothesis, and theories about its |
| From the big bang to evolution scientists agree to | | | | non-existence. This type of objective scientific inquiry |
| disagree. | | | | is tainted with bias and must not be considered |
| It stands to reason according to the scientific | | | | credible. |
| method that until all the explanations, hypothesis, and | | | | Only when all the possible plausible explanations, |
| theories regarding psychic abilities are disproved that | | | | hypothesis, and theories have been tested |
| it must be considered as a viable alternative | | | | subjectively using the scientific method and disproved |
| explanation to recognized unexplained phenomenon | | | | can any true scientist or skeptic state with 95% |
| such as deja vu, precognition, and clairvoyance. | | | | confidence that psychics and human psychic abilities |
| Some scientists studying psychic phenomenon, in | | | | do not exist. |