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DT3 Inner circle Hill Valley 1920 Posts 
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From the Gallup News Service:
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PRINCETON, NJ -- About three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief, according to a recent Gallup survey. The most popular is extrasensory perception (ESP), mentioned by 41%, followed closely by belief in haunted houses (37%). The full list of items includes: Here's the link BTW, with demographic breakdowns, etc.. http://www.gallup.com/poll/16915/three-f......mal.aspx |
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Roger Kelly Inner circle Kent, England 3332 Posts
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Would that be the same folk that have never stepped foot outside their town?
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts
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On 2011-02-02 12:35, Roger Kelly wrote: I've stepped foot all over the world, so I think not. Tony |
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Jay Are Inner circle 4186 Posts
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Ah...another case of believers getting ridiculed on the Café...
anyway...thanks for the post dt3
xxx
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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It's interesting to note that some of these figures are significantly lower than they were forty years ago when "new age" thought was riding a crest.
I wonder why only 21% believe in witches. While I can understand doubts about the efficacy of witchcraft and/or its rational basis, it is a fact that witches, at least the Wiccan variety, do exist. Good thoughts, Bob |
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Rebecca_Harris Veteran user 361 Posts
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I'm quite surprised that some of those numbers are as low as they are. Some things, like ghosts or reincarnation I would have expected to be higher, perhaps as high as 50%
Mentalism at The Enchanter's Emporium
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DWRackley Inner circle Chattanooga, TN 1909 Posts
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It may be that many people secretly do believe things they'd rather not admit to. It wouldn’t appear “cosmopolitan” to acknowledge something “unscientific”.
A trend I noted with the advent of “political correctness” was that the awkward questions didn’t go away, only the right to ask them. Could people as a whole be learning to play closer to the chest?
...what if I could read your mind?
Chattanooga's Premier Mentalist Donatelli and Company at ChattanoogaPerformers.com also on FaceBook |
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mrkmarik Regular user New York 185 Posts
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Thanks DT3, for the good news!
Looks like I'm still employed, lol. |
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mindpunisher Inner circle 6132 Posts
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Many years ago in the mid nineties I was doing pretty well as a hypnotist quite well known. I had an idea to start a commercial seance in the centre of Edinburgh. It was to be in the same room where the last witches in Scotland stood trial and were sentenced to death. Across the road there was a very posh hotel been newly built only a year. One of the maids was messing about in the dumb waiter lift got trapped and died. It was the perfect location to build a commercial seance. I had it all planned the mechanisms effects etc.
It really really surprised me when I told friends and family members what I was going to do. Just about everyone of them told me that I shouldn't be playing around with this sort of thing. Most of them told me they wouldn't attend. These are people who aren't religious say they don't believe in ghosts, esp, or the paranormal. But there you have it. And I must've got a similar reply from at least a couple of dozen people. It never went ahead for one reason or another. I think the majority on a gut level if not intellectual level have some belief or instinct about ghosts, spirits, etc.. |
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Shrubsole Inner circle Kent, England 2455 Posts
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I'd go to anything as I'm void of all paranormal belief.
And I really don't understand anyone who requires any belief system. Reality does me just fine.
Winner of the Dumbringer Award for total incompetence. (All years)
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MichaelCGM Inner circle Oklahoma City 2286 Posts
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On 2011-02-02 17:30, Shrubsole wrote: That, my friend, is, indeed a belief system. Quote:
On 2011-02-02 13:35, DWRackley wrote: I believe you hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head. In my migration from magic to mentalism, I've noticed that even those people who act like they don't believe end up whispering among themselves after I've left their table. Perhaps it's because we all, secretly want to believe in something beyond the natural world. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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On 2011-02-02 17:30, Shrubsole wrote: The problem with that statement is that one's perception of reality is based upon the ingrained beliefs each one of us has regarding the nature of reality. Bob |
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mindpunisher Inner circle 6132 Posts
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Reality is dependant upon belief. Its the construct we build in our minds through fixed patterns of filtering out huge amounts of information being bombarded at us constantly. You can't function without belief. Everybody believes their construct is reality. Beliefs are also emotional rather than logic.
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bobser Inner circle 4179 Posts
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On 2011-02-02 17:11, mindpunisher wrote: I'm sure that might be a fact albeit the last to stand trial under the witchcraft act was actually Helen Duncan from Callendar, near Stirling. Albeit she was tried in Portsmouth, England. William Wallace, Robert The Bruce, Robin Hood, Helen Duncan. The English never leave the Scots alone!
Bob Burns is the creator of The Swan.
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Garrette Special user 926 Posts
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Quote: Not intending to get into a debate about it, but I think Bob's statement is more accurate. Reality is entirely independent of our perception of it, but our beliefs are entirely dependent on how we filter reality.
On 2011-02-02 19:23, mindpunisher wrote: |
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bobser Inner circle 4179 Posts
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Fair point but if we were to get into an debate then it could well be argued that true reality has nothing to do with individual perception, although I would have to agree with your second statement.
Y'see? I take... and yet I give.
Bob Burns is the creator of The Swan.
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Garrette Special user 926 Posts
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Quote: Um..... I think that's what I said. I know it's what I tried to say.
On 2011-02-02 19:44, bobser wrote: In any case, pistols at dawn. I shall not stand for this sort of civility and politeness in the Café, sirrah. |
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bobser Inner circle 4179 Posts
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You laid the challenge, therefore I get to choose the weapons. It's gonna' have to be another head butting fight I'm afraid. I don't win 'em all but this way I get to protect my hands cos they is what I need to write.
Bob Burns is the creator of The Swan.
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mindpunisher Inner circle 6132 Posts
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On 2011-02-02 19:41, Garrette wrote: You thinking Bob's statement is more accurate isn't reality its just another belief. Even "shared" reality is construct created by humans. A dogs reality is something completely different. A belief is nothing more than a feeling of certainty something is so. "Reality" is subjective. Even science is built upon labels concepts and theories which are often replaced for new ones. There are some shared facts. For example one day we will all die. For some that means the start of a new spiritual life for others it means the end. For both the reality of death is quite different. Some people excel in certain situations while others flounder. The reason is because they perceive "reality" differently therefore act differently and see things differently although the "facts" may be the same. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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The late Robert Anton Wilson wrote extensively about what he referred to as "etic" and "emic" reality - the "consensus" reality we all share, and "true" reality which, due to the limitations of our own senses, cannot be described. I highly recommend All of his works.
I think mindpunisher and I were basically saying the same thing. But, then again, that's just my perception of reality. Your interpretations may differ.
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” - John Lennon Good thoughts, Bob |
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