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Originally Posted by Uplift  It is a fact that records are broken. |
I'm not questioning that. My point was that thought leading to breaking records is
not comparable to thought leading to being raped, for example.
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Originally Posted by Uplift Before taking your advice, what are the certain limits of our universe, and how did you discover them? |
There are many, so I'll just give one example. Solid matter can't pass through other solid matter. I've found this out many times throughout my life when I've put stuff on desks, or walked across various surfaces, or run into a wall or a pane of glass. And I've experienced the consequences when I've punched a wall, or put my foot through a door while chasing after my brother. I also learned about state of matter, and how different types of matter interact, and how they change from one state to another, and how that changes the ways in which they interact. Discovery via personal experience and learned knowledge.
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Originally Posted by juicemcnewton I'm really confused about this whole subject... Is this to say that if my thoughts and feelings are about getting some food because I'm hungry, then I'll find a way to get some food? Or that food will just appear? Or... what exactly? |
The extreme version is that yes, thinking about food will make food appear. The realistic version is that thinking about food will lead you to take action to get that food, and no amount of thinking, no matter how well aligned your subconscious and conscious thought processes are, will make food appear unless you get off the couch and go to the fridge.
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Originally Posted by juicemcnewton What exactly is it that gets attracted into your life? Physical things? Emotions? People? Anything you can imagine? |
Again, extreme version: anything you can think of in a focused, coherent manner, using your entire consciousness, not just the conscious thought that most people think of as consciousness. Realistic version: Anything you take action to get, limited by what's possible, and by what you think is possible (which may not be the same)
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Originally Posted by cylon My question is, at what point does science decide they've figured it all out? |
Short answer: never. Slightly longer answer: science is partly a process of learning all that there is to learn. That means that if there are any questions left unanswered, scientists still have work to do.