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Can the mind move things remotely?
In 1981, a volunteer sat in a quiet lab at Princeton University.
In front of him is a small device that generates random numbers.
He didn't touch it.
All he was told to do was to focus.
The question was simple in form, but difficult in its content
long ago, people talked about people who had a strange ability to move things without touching them.
Then came the movies and novels, turning the idea into unforgettable scenes: a person holding a glass with a glance, or closing a door with the power of his mind, or moving an object from its place without reaching out his hand.
But science doesn't just deal with surprise, it asks for the evidence.
In the 20th century, some researchers tried to test what is known as mental stimulation.
That is, the ability of man to influence things only with his mind, without instruments or contact.
One of the most famous of these attempts is the experiments of the American researcher Joseph Ryan.
Rhine used the dice, and asked the participants to try to influence the results by focusing.
Seemingly unusual numbers appeared in some experiments.
But the problem began when others tried to replicate it.
The results did not show the same consistency.
This is where experiments lost their scientific power.
Next, the Princeton University lab came to study the relationship between the mind and random systems.
The researchers used devices that produced numbers with no clear pattern, and then asked participants to try to influence them mentally.
There were sometimes nuances.
But it wasn't strong enough.
It was not conclusive evidence of the existence of a supernatural ability.
We come to the most important question....
Why do we tend to believe it?
Part of the answer is psychological.
The human mind loves to search for meaning.
If something moves in a strange way, we immediately try to explain it.
Sometimes we associate things that have no real relationship with them.
Then comes the cinematic effect.
We see the idea dozens of times, and it sounds familiar.
Over time, it may seem possible.
Although NY2 has not been scientifically proven, technology has come up with something close to the idea in its form only.
In 2012, a woman with paralysis was able to move a robotic arm using signals from her brain.
It was not a mysterious force.
There was a system that read neural activity, and then converted it into commands with which the robotic arm moved.
The woman was able to grab a bottle and drink coffee after years of not being able to do it herself.
The mind here did not move the body directly.
Technology was the medium.
The brain sent the signal, the organ translated it, and the arm carried out the movement.
So far, there is no solid scientific evidence that humans can move things with their mind alone.
The idea is attractive, but it's still closer to fantasy than reality.
But science has opened another door.
It hasn't been shown that the mind moves matter directly, but it has been proven that brain signals can control complex devices.
That alone is enough to make the story exciting.
Not because we discovered a superpower.
It's because we're beginning to understand a little bit of the true power of the mind.
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