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Alien   Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:53 pm Posts: 193 Location: Green Earth |
 Re: Ever see a...seer?juders wrote: I agree that it sounds like some of what happened to your friend was create by simply suggesting it was. You said the 'seer' told him he would have a car accident? Its possible your friend was so preoccupied by this thought and believe it would happen that he suspiciously crashed his car. Or the seer could have simply guessed. Car accidents are very common events, and the odds are that you're going to be in one sooner or later. Quote: I also heard a story once where a man went into a doctors office. He told the doctor that his great grandfather, his grandfather, his father, and his brothers all died of cancer at the at of 60. He told the doctor he knew he was going to die just like his family before him. The doctor looked at him and simply said "do you want to die?" when the man answered, "no, of course not", the doctor said "then you wont". The doctor then explained to him that by simply believing he was going to get cancer and die, that he would. While I can accept the poison ivy bit (the placebo effect is an established medical phenomenon), I'm not quite sure that I buy this. This sounds to me like just another urban legend. There is a limit to what the placebo effect is capable of. _________________  "Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it, because, of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled." - The Prestige |
| Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:28 pm |
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Newbie  Joined: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:11 pm Posts: 34 |
Re: Ever see a...seer? Totally understandable, it does sound far-fetched. I use to see a hypnotist and she was the one who told me the story. She had read it in a book written by a famous doctor. I just emailed her and asked her what the doctors name was and what the book was, I will post the information here as soon as I hear back from her.
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| Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:39 am |
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Alien Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:53 pm Posts: 193 Location: Green Earth |
Re: Ever see a...seer? Thanks.
_________________ "Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it, because, of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled." - The Prestige |
| Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:48 pm |
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Newbie Joined: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:11 pm Posts: 34 |
Re: Ever see a...seer? The book is called Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck.
Here is the official website of M. Scott Peck, M.D.: http://www.mscottpeck.com/ |
| Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:20 pm |
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Alien Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:53 pm Posts: 193 Location: Green Earth |
Re: Ever see a...seer? juders wrote: The book is called Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck. Here is the official website of M. Scott Peck, M.D.: http://www.mscottpeck.com/ Thank you very much. I'll check it out as soon as I get a chance. _________________ "Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it, because, of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled." - The Prestige |
| Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:27 pm |
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Newbie Joined: Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:11 pm Posts: 34 |
Re: Ever see a...seer? Commander Eagle wrote: juders wrote: The book is called Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck. Here is the official website of M. Scott Peck, M.D.: http://www.mscottpeck.com/ Thank you very much. I'll check it out as soon as I get a chance. I believe that the story about the poison ivy is in there as well, but I'm not positive. If you get it and its not, let me know and I'll see if I can find out where that story came from. |
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