QuanSai
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I'm going to be very bold and very brief in this presentation of this idea. Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong. I'm very huge on learning, and I'm very open-minded.
I am one who is huge on cognitive science. In fact, I am because of my undying interest in artificial intelligence. In a nutshell, my studies have been and will be in the subjects that revolve around how to systematically approach and imitate decision-making methods humans use perpetually throughout their lives.
We, in my strongest opinion, are very advanced machines. In regards to our design, we are computers capable of performing many, well within the million-billion range of, detailed calculations per second. With this in mind, we can safely say that how we move and how we think are direct results of these very accurate (or inaccurate) calculations, driven by neurological stimuli. This is no different from how robots move or how computers display output, more or less; although, the mechanics are much different at this point for most man-made imitations of such human operations.
Consider tossing a ball above you with the intent of catching it when it reaches the relative maximum height of your shoulders. While you toss the ball, you are responsible for many movements. These movements must be very close to precise in order for you to complete your task of successfully catching the ball. Although these meticulous calculations are necessary, the calculations are performed very intuitively in that they are not meditated. Once you catch the ball, you may conclude that you knew everything that your body was doing, including your brain, in performing such a task. However, you did not. It's nearly impossible, even with our current technologies, to track such calculations down to the neuron. We can, up to this point (to my knowledge), only trace sudden changes in scalars such as, but not limited to, heart rate, informing us of possible movements as a result. However, we have yet to completely discover how each neuron is moving in order for certain reactions to come about. We just know that variants like the speed of neurons play huge roles in these situations.
With that in mind, duly note that we are creatures that thrive off of observations of detail, even if those observations were made unintentionally. We are slaves of our environment. One of our largest advantages over other animals is that we are able to logically put things together better than other animals. But there are some humans that are much better at processing information than other humans in terms of speed and deductive grouping.
I propose that psychics are humans who are more prone to performing very accurate calculations (given a particular scenario) than normal humans. This, to me, is somewhat loosely analogous to how savants are in nature.
What do you think about this? Are psychics just great calculators?
I am one who is huge on cognitive science. In fact, I am because of my undying interest in artificial intelligence. In a nutshell, my studies have been and will be in the subjects that revolve around how to systematically approach and imitate decision-making methods humans use perpetually throughout their lives.
We, in my strongest opinion, are very advanced machines. In regards to our design, we are computers capable of performing many, well within the million-billion range of, detailed calculations per second. With this in mind, we can safely say that how we move and how we think are direct results of these very accurate (or inaccurate) calculations, driven by neurological stimuli. This is no different from how robots move or how computers display output, more or less; although, the mechanics are much different at this point for most man-made imitations of such human operations.
Consider tossing a ball above you with the intent of catching it when it reaches the relative maximum height of your shoulders. While you toss the ball, you are responsible for many movements. These movements must be very close to precise in order for you to complete your task of successfully catching the ball. Although these meticulous calculations are necessary, the calculations are performed very intuitively in that they are not meditated. Once you catch the ball, you may conclude that you knew everything that your body was doing, including your brain, in performing such a task. However, you did not. It's nearly impossible, even with our current technologies, to track such calculations down to the neuron. We can, up to this point (to my knowledge), only trace sudden changes in scalars such as, but not limited to, heart rate, informing us of possible movements as a result. However, we have yet to completely discover how each neuron is moving in order for certain reactions to come about. We just know that variants like the speed of neurons play huge roles in these situations.
With that in mind, duly note that we are creatures that thrive off of observations of detail, even if those observations were made unintentionally. We are slaves of our environment. One of our largest advantages over other animals is that we are able to logically put things together better than other animals. But there are some humans that are much better at processing information than other humans in terms of speed and deductive grouping.
I propose that psychics are humans who are more prone to performing very accurate calculations (given a particular scenario) than normal humans. This, to me, is somewhat loosely analogous to how savants are in nature.
What do you think about this? Are psychics just great calculators?