First I need to clarify what I consider to be magic.
It?s not that I don?t believe in things like spells and potions, but I just have not seen them in person, and don?t understand them enough to have any kind of opinion on them. When I talk about magic I mean psychic abilities. Telepathy, Emotive Telepathy, Empathy.. etc? as well as the believe in spirits, and ghosts.
From briefly broaching this subject on the chat and there seems to be pretty split beliefs on it all.
I have a degree in psychology which is not where I got my ambition to understand science, but it is where I got my passion to understand how the human mind works. Many people under estimate the power of the brain so much; it?s almost sad how wasted and underappreciated it is.
Here?s a short, dumbed down, version of the link between science and magic that I am talking about. We will just use telekinesis as an example. Telekinesis is the ability to move objects using the power of your mind and just the act of thinking about it. The easiest way for this to be explained using science is that on average the human only uses about half of the brains potential.
(A common misconception is that humans only use 10% of their brain. This may be true when a person is just sitting around doing nothing, but in full activity a person uses a much higher percentage.)
Well back to the point, a human?s body naturally produces an electromagnetic field. It is constantly surrounding us, and completely useless on its own, it?s just a natural occurrence. However, imagine if part of that untapped brain potential would allow you to manipulate the EMF that your body naturally gives off to do something like, say, move an object. Granted your body would in theory lose a lot of energy using this much of your brain power. During a normal day your brain uses 20 percent of your energy.
That is a very shortened explanation of the link to science and telekinesis, but think of this same theory for something like telepathy. Could you actually use the EMF that your body gives off to actually manipulate things like another person?s brain? If so that would certainly be the start of understanding something like psychic abilities, being able to read a person?s thoughts, or emotive telepathy, being able to influence the way others feel.
If you guys respond well to this forum I will definitely post more, in depth entries, but I just want to give some food for thought and hopefully open up a few people?s minds on the way they view magic. Sometimes you want to be able to have an explanation for things you cannot fully understand. Feel free to send me a personal email with any questions, comments, or reactions.