It so happens that “demons” are a nickname gifted to certain thought experiments in physics, philosophy, computer science, and other areas. Here are some of them.
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ESP, Psychokinesis, and Morphic Resonance
ESP consists of precognition (or retrocausality, where future events affect the present), clairvoyance, and telepathy, though some psychical researchers claim that psychokinesis (the ability to move objects using only the thoughts) is also a form of ESP. Others believe that ESP and PK are just related to one another, with PK being separate from ESP.
Maxwell Cade and the Signals of the Mind and Body
From meditation and martial arts to inventing methods of scanning the body for inflammation, studying electrical skin resistance, and hypnosis to teaching people to train their brainwaves, (all while dealing with two broken necks, diabetes, and a stroke) Maxwell Cade was quite the character.
The Sleep Demon, part 2
Yesterday we took a look at what sleep paralysis is, its possible causes, and how to cope with it. Now let’s see how sleep paralysis was viewed in history and folklore, and its influence on literature. Because why not?
The Sleep Demon part 1, You Are What You Eat
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I used to suffer from sleep paralysis (or being “hag-ridden”) and I’d do a post about that. So, here it is.
Is it Kirlian or Aura Photography?
Back in 1939, Semyon Kirlian, (a Soviet electrical engineer and scientist) and his wife Valentina discovered a bizarre photographic phenomenon. Someone in Krasnodar Hospital was receiving a treatment which involved a high-frequency electrical generator. Semyon and Valentina noticed that whenever the electrodes were near the patient’s skin, there was a glowing light similar to theContinue reading “Is it Kirlian or Aura Photography?”
Nightwalks 