ESP essays

ESP essays ESP. . . Does it really exist? This has been a matter for debate for a long time. Personally, I believe that it is basically just luck. In other words, someone provides an explanation or prediction that is vague enough for someone to read additional facts into it and make it appear like it was an accurate telling of what happened or what was going to happen or they provide so many explanations or predictions that one of them sort of ends up correct. Meyers and, of course its corresponding website, follows along the same thought. A psychic in a staged demonstration is able to control what the audience is seeing and hearing and by doing so appears to have psychic powers. However, taking the same psychic and placing him or her in a environment where what they see or hear is controlled, they are not successful and it has been determined that the stage show was a hoax. If a true psychic existed, it would seem to me that they would have come forward to try to claim the $1 million dollars that is being offered by Magician James Randi in conjunction with others. (Myers, pg. 236) To date, no one has been found to be a true psychic. I know that I have, in the past, wished so hard for something to happen that I actually dreamed about it. If it came true, was it a premonition? I dont think so. Most times, I have worked very hard to achieve it. I believe in the power of positive thinking because negative thinking is not going to get you anywhere but seriously unhappy and depressed. At least being positive about life and what it deals you allows you to have a better outlook on life. This is one of the reasons that many low-income people use psychics. Many are looking for the get rich quick scheme; others are looking for a way up the social ladder and believe that this is their last chance. It is actually a very sad situation when it comes down to this. Under ProQuest, I found an interesting article regarding ...