Research
One of the comments my husband, who loves science, made about my story is a quote where one character says that we only use a small portion of our brains.
Wrong!
He used a particularly large amount of ink to cross that statement out and drew a little frowny face by it. Okay, okay, so I got the point. But that's what I always remembered being told and hearing on TV and reading in the media. Of course, sometimes the media can be skewed. Especially when it comes to psychic abilities. The idea of only using a small portion of the brain definitely supports the probability that we could be way more advanced, psychically speaking, if we could tap into these unused sections.
I spent about two hours online this morning trying to figure out a plausible, scientific explanation of how my character got her abilities. Since my story is based more on science than the paranormal, I wanted to base it in some fact, considering that one of my characters is a scientist. I didn't need to go into major detail. But I needed to have a basic understanding so my character said the right things and noone would draw anymore frowny faces next to it. Hmph!
Snopes.com had a great article discrediting the 10% theory. Of course, this doesn't mean that psychic phenomena can't exist, but that there are different explanations for what could cause it. The Institute for Noetic Sciences is trying to use credible research to detect the potential powers of consciousness. They claim to have found people with the ability to heal from a distance, and people who acan pick up on stimuli placed outside a room in controlled quarters. It'll be interesting to read more about their findings. All this research just gives me more ideas for stories. I love it!
I found another website which greatly helped me called How Stuff Works. I was able to learn a lot about the brain and give me ideas about where my heroines psychic powers could stem. They have lots of information on the body as well as machines, heath care, computers, electronics, etc. I don't know what I'd do without the Internet.
Okay, back to trying to pull all this together.
Wrong!
He used a particularly large amount of ink to cross that statement out and drew a little frowny face by it. Okay, okay, so I got the point. But that's what I always remembered being told and hearing on TV and reading in the media. Of course, sometimes the media can be skewed. Especially when it comes to psychic abilities. The idea of only using a small portion of the brain definitely supports the probability that we could be way more advanced, psychically speaking, if we could tap into these unused sections.
I spent about two hours online this morning trying to figure out a plausible, scientific explanation of how my character got her abilities. Since my story is based more on science than the paranormal, I wanted to base it in some fact, considering that one of my characters is a scientist. I didn't need to go into major detail. But I needed to have a basic understanding so my character said the right things and noone would draw anymore frowny faces next to it. Hmph!
Snopes.com had a great article discrediting the 10% theory. Of course, this doesn't mean that psychic phenomena can't exist, but that there are different explanations for what could cause it. The Institute for Noetic Sciences is trying to use credible research to detect the potential powers of consciousness. They claim to have found people with the ability to heal from a distance, and people who acan pick up on stimuli placed outside a room in controlled quarters. It'll be interesting to read more about their findings. All this research just gives me more ideas for stories. I love it!
I found another website which greatly helped me called How Stuff Works. I was able to learn a lot about the brain and give me ideas about where my heroines psychic powers could stem. They have lots of information on the body as well as machines, heath care, computers, electronics, etc. I don't know what I'd do without the Internet.
Okay, back to trying to pull all this together.
posted by J.T. Bock at 1:40 PM
2 Comments:
Hmm, are you sure??? Cause I swear...most people I know...
*winks*
You don't have to tell me ... ha!
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