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[The Darkling Wolf]

I got another one since posting that

[Akura]

Did I just discover a psychic power for improving my internet speed? I should be able to market this somehow...

I vaguely recall coming across some research back when I was in high school (so like 10+ years ago) about psychic influence on computers.  IIRC they had a random generator program and had the study group focus on trying to manipulate the results using only their mind.

They apperantly had some success.  With the study group repeatedly having a higher occurrence of the target result than the control group.

It was of course, so fringe science that it makes crypto-zoologists studying dragons seem mainstream. And since there haven't been any psychic breakthroughs in those 10 years it was probably bogus.  But it still makes you wonder...

Theoretically, our brains use electromagnetic impulses to communicate between neurons, generating a weak electromagnetic field around our bodies, so our presence could actually influence electronic devices to some extent. So, if we had a technology that could read changes in our electromagnetic fields and find some way in which humans can naturally and deliberately affect the field we generate, we could use that as a sort of user input.

I have a book that talks about that kind of research(I got it for $1, what a steal ), including that particular experiment. And yeah, a group of people concentrating on altering a RNG, and the results showed a significant shift in the bell curve in the direction the group was concentrating on.

It also talked about various experiments in remote viewing, including declassified CIA experiments. In a lot of these cases, supposedly, a person was given only geographic coordinates, and could apparently sketch a fairly accurate diagram and floorplan of a (often secret) site at those coordinates. One humorous incident from these experiments was when someone drew a sketch of a different secret facility a few miles down the road than the one they were supposed to scry.

There was a chapter about kinesis, but unfortunately macrokinesis(basically, spoon-bending and Vader-choking) sounded like it turned out to be a bunch of bullocks. Microkinesis, manipulating things like microbes and RNGs, seemed plausible(in the context of the other stuff).

One interesting thing was that from all the experiments, most of them that were run by people who believed it was true the results showed that it might just be, while most of the ones that were run be people who that it was a bunch of crap the results showed that it probaby was crap.

[Descan]

Which is why proper science is double blinded. The people doing the actual experiment and recording don't know what they're testing, and the people being tested don't know either. It's only the people who put the whole thing together that usually have an inkling.

[Eric Blank]

Neat!

[Descan]

Basically our brains are positronic.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes I know what a positron is, shut up.

[Skyrunner]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

[MaximumZero]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

[Eric Blank]

That'd be an interesting energy source for an autotroph. Soon to be an ‼autotroph‼.

[Frumple]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

It'd be even better than you may be thinking, though.

We could hunt by simply standing near something and letting the radiation fry them. We'd be the most powerful military in the galaxy, because all we'd need to do is be near to an enemy, and the radiation would kill them, or, at least, give them and their vehicles cancer.

You know, I actually did some work in the area of monster ecology?
 Really?
 Yeah, I spent 2 years determining how exactly flying pumpkin guys fit into the larger food web of the areas they live in.
 You're kidding.
 No, no. It's fascinating stuff. See, the pumpkins are sort of an apex predator, because they have fucking lasers. Turns out it's not hard to hunt rabbits and such when you can char them to ashes with a beam of hot plasma.

[Graknorke]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

It'd be even better than you may be thinking, though.

We could hunt by simply standing near something and letting the radiation fry them. We'd be the most powerful military in the galaxy, because all we'd need to do is be near to an enemy, and the radiation would kill them, or, at least, give them and their vehicles cancer.

I think that they actually meant beta decay to produce positrons. Which seems like it would be a good way to not exist.

[Greiger]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

It'd be even better than you may be thinking, though.

We could hunt by simply standing near something and letting the radiation fry them. We'd be the most powerful military in the galaxy, because all we'd need to do is be near to an enemy, and the radiation would kill them, or, at least, give them and their vehicles cancer.

I'm sorry Ms. The Tank Engine.  Thomas volunteered for this assignment and knew the risks, but I'm afraid he's paid the price.  He has inoperable boiler cancer.  He has 3 weeks to live.

[Lightningfalcon]

* Skyrunner imagines nuclear reactions happening as part of metabolism

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

It'd be even better than you may be thinking, though.

We could hunt by simply standing near something and letting the radiation fry them. We'd be the most powerful military in the galaxy, because all we'd need to do is be near to an enemy, and the radiation would kill them, or, at least, give them and their vehicles cancer.

I'm sorry Ms. The Tank Engine.  Thomas volunteered for this assignment and knew the risks, but I'm afraid he's paid the price.  He has inoperable boiler cancer.  He has 3 weeks to live.

His sacrifice will not be forgotten.  The rest of our train squadron was able to pull back with only minimal casualties after he warned us of the threat.  The scientist back at central are still investigating how he was actually able to get cancer, however. 

[Xantalos]

"Call in Toppam Hat"

*mechaToppam crushes opposition*

[Furtuka]

"Call in Toppam Hat"

*mechaToppam crushes opposition*

Trainformers?

[Akura]

"Call in Toppam Hat"

*mechaToppam crushes opposition*

Trainformers?

I don't know what the hell that was, but somehow I was logged into Youtube(was checking Gmail earlier), so now that is forever stuck in my profile. FFFFFUUUUUU-