Is There Any Scientific Evidence That Telekinesis Exists?

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Anna LeMind, B.A.

Telekinesis is the ability to move inanimate objects at will. Some examples include:

  • changing the direction of a compass needle,
  • moving objects in the air,
  • bending metal items, or
  • extinguishing the flame of a candle at a distance.

Among the psychic phenomena such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and others, the phenomenon of telekinesis is one of the most intriguing ones. These psychic abilities have long puzzled the human mind. They have been known to yogis, mystics of antiquity, who were believed to be able to materialize objects, move them, or lift them into the air. Do these miraculous psychic powers exist and is it possible to affect material objects without direct physical impact, according to science?

Is It Possible to Measure Telekinesis in Laboratory Settings?

Some researchers claim that the possibility of telekinesis being real could have associations with the formation of powerful physical fields (telekinesis generates a strong electromagnetic field and acoustic signals that last about 0.1-0.01 seconds).

However, even if telekinesis exists, measuring it in laboratory settings would be a challenging task. The difficulty of studying the phenomenon of telekinesis would have to do with the fact that the results of experiments would be hardly reproducible. Thus, it wouldn’t be an easy task to study telekinesis by conventional methods of modern science. People who claim they have telekinesis usually can’t explain how they do it and find it difficult to manage this condition and to reproduce it in subsequent experiments.

People who claim to be telekinetic also say that they experience extreme physical and mental stress that has tangible effects on their health. During experiments, they would experience acute brain activity, high blood pressure, and increased heart rate. Even when the experiment is over, the subject needs much time to recover and return to their normal state.

According to people who claim to have psychic abilities such as telekinesis, it often appears as a result of injury, illness, stress, or trauma. If this is true, it could hint at the hidden reserves of the human brain.

Experiments at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory

Dr. Robert G. Jahn, the head of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR), conducted a series of experiments on consciousness-related anomalous phenomena such as telekinesis, which aimed to confirm the possibility that the human mind can affect material objects.

It included thousands of experiments, which involved hundreds of men and women of all ages and professions. Subjects had to move a pendulum, placed under a transparent plastic cap. They were also asked to affect a variety of devices and liquid media, such as highly precise chronometers, lasers, electrical generators of electromagnetic radiation, and water.

As a result, some subjects did show evidence of psychic abilities, but the observed effects were too small, counting for about 0,1%. Moreover, the experiments were then criticized in the scientific literature for the flaws in experiment procedures, a lack of control series, and ethical violations.

Thus, according to psychologist C. E. M. Hansel, who assessed the results of Jahn’s experiments,

“Very little information is provided about the design of the experiment, the subjects, or the procedure adopted. Details are not given about the subjects, the times they were tested, or the precise conditions under which they were tested.”

So, unfortunately, to date, there is no confirmed scientific evidence that telekinesis exists. However, anything is possible, and it could be that future experiments may help to reveal the possibility of telekinesis.

References:

  1. https://www.discovermagazine.com
  2. https://link.springer.com
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org
  4. https://psycnet.apa.org

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    • My grandmother had telekenetic abilities. And all SORTS of unexplainable things would happen around her. She had an extremely high IQ,like WAY high, but she also had a chemicle imbalance and was diagnosed manic-depressive & skitzophrenic. It was the craziest thing! (No pun intended, really!) One day she was teaching college, married and raising 4 children, just as "normal" & rational as you please...and the next day, she's off-her-rocker cuckoo, waving a gun at my grandpa and thinking imaginary people were hiding under the floorboards with listening devices...but that was at her most extreme. 99% of the time, she was just my sweet, funny little granny. A wee bit confused maybe, but a real hoot! Anyhoo...This was back in the days of shock treatment (as mentioned in the article) and not only that, but she was struck by lightning THREE TIMES in her life! Most people don't even get struck ONCE, much less THREE times! She was like a lightning rod! She also heard voices, which the family explained to me early in life. I had no problem with her hearing voices, I loved her no matter what problems she had, so it didn't bother me until the day I heard one of "HER" voices myself! The dog heard it too! It was un-mistakably my grandfather's voice calling to her from the back bedroom at the end of the hall. PLAIN AS DAY we heard it call her..."Pat?" Problem was, GRANDPA WASN'T HOME at the time! So what was this THING imitating his voice?! We all three froze (me, her & "little bit", the dog) picture a chijuajua, big eyed and shaking...and then looked at each other. Granny had a slightly disturbed expression, but patted the couch beside her and told me it would be ok...and it was. (Still scared the doody out of me though!) But that was only the beginning of the weirdness. As I said, she had telekenesis. She moved a phone the last time I witnessed it happen. Not long before she died (bless her sweet little heart) But the point of this book I've written here, is that I think these scientists are spot-on about why it happens. There are contributing factors..
      (Mental stress, electromagnetism, shock-treatment, MIND POWER) it's all energy and it DOES manifest in the most amazing ways! Thank you for reading my ramblings...really enjoyed this article! :)

  • Ive noticed something odd that keeps happening with cellphones. Sometimes the phone will light up or even choose whatever i am about to do before i touch the screen. For whatever reason its usually when im playing a game or something like that. Whatever button on the screen i am about to press will press on its own or light up before i press it. Kind of hard to explain this away, so i thought it worth mentioning. Ive been looking online to see if anyone else has had this happen to them on a fairly regular basis but have not found anything yet.....

    • Hello Patrick.

      Ive been watching your development for quite some time. You are truly gifted, as am I. Forgive my ambiguity, but i fear we havent the essence of time. For there is a grave danger approaching, and im here to make you an offer.......

      open your mind, so that we might find a more comfortable place for our conversation.

    • I've experienced similar things. I first started noticing it when playing solitaire on my tablet. I'd get going so fast on a streak and make a move only to realize I had not actually touched the screen. I was still unsure until one day I activated an icon with a gesture with my finger at least 2 inches from the screen.

    • You are not the only one once i was playing crysis and i fire a missile and there was no missile available cuz i have use them all ... not lying was really focusing my mind into it and triple check before the launch of the missile i had zero available... then i focus and the character shot the missile...
      We are obtaining electromagnetism as species and we will be controlling other objects remotly...like once i want to call my mom so bad than later she called me saying if i have been calling her cuz me name showed in her phone and i didnt had a phone in that time neither i called her using the phone in the house ...trully spectacular cuz the phone id showed my name and i wasnt in her name phone list and the number was not present as record it just showed my name XD ... i have other tales but i want to master something maybe some day... maybe never but to humanity is coming ...

      • even if you really did use psychic powers for this, you shouldn't be using them on games. It was most likely a glitch anyway. I also work with computers so i would know that that is a common glitch with mobile games.

  • i've also expeirenced something like that.

    i have had expeirences where i can see the future or what people are about to say and i get a weird fuzzy feeling when i have incoming messages on my phone. no vibrate or volume at all.

    some times i have rare occasions where things fall down when items are hung up propperly in the kitchen and with no wind and doors shut when i was about to shut it with my hand but some times i think the house is haunted. even though i dont believe in ghosts.

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