ouija boards..

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Originally Posted by cattivo

it's not fake.
and you can't say it's fake if you've never tried one.

your probably scared of spirits if you blank yourself from it and say it is NOT REAL.

and for a member of staff to say that this thread is pointless and stupid is bad.

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whoa it's DAN.
anyway, i don't really know if they're real or not, theres no real evidence to prove they are or they aren't.

The second there is sufficient evidene to prove they are real, they aren't in my opinion. I am entitles to my opinion and rank has nothing to do with it.

i doubt very much that they work, but seen as i have never tried one, i cant really say otherwise either.

Well
A) there not real.
B) i have tryed them.
C) if you have tryed them, youd probably notice, that many candles around it is just gona set you on fire.

Of course they are fake, all this crap is fake.

"OMG OMG DERE IZ A GOHST TALKIN TO ME" - Yeah right.

me & my sister did it once and it didnt work

my school went mad on 'um the goths was lyke OMG ITS REAL A GHOSTTT!111 so we took the pee 'n kept sayin "LYKE OMGGZZ ITS A DEAD WALKIN CARROT" was fun.

No i dont think its real

There is a simple but intriguing explanation for how the ouija board works. Those of you who prefer to believe that spirits move the glass are welcome to your beliefs, but the actual principle behind it is not speculative.

The answer lies in a principle called 'ideomotor movement'.

The principle works like this. If you focus on the idea of making a movement, you will likely end up making a similar tiny movement without realizing it. If, undistracted, you concentrate on the idea of your hand becoming light, you'll eventually find that you make tiny unconscious movements to lift it.

So, while you may be consciously aware that these movements are happening, you are not aware that you are causing them.

How is it possible for people to move a table around without realizing? Surely it is less fantastical to accept a spiritual explanation? Not at all.

If a few people are convinced that the table will move (thats the skill: convincing them that it will happen), they will after a while begin to unconsciously to push it.

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Originally Posted by Carlos

There is a simple but intriguing explanation for how the ouija board works. Those of you who prefer to believe that spirits move the glass are welcome to your beliefs, but the actual principle behind it is not speculative.

The answer lies in a principle called 'ideomotor movement'.

The principle works like this. If you focus on the idea of making a movement, you will likely end up making a similar tiny movement without realizing it. If, undistracted, you concentrate on the idea of your hand becoming light, you'll eventually find that you make tiny unconscious movements to lift it.

So, while you may be consciously aware that these movements are happening, you are not aware that you are causing them.

How is it possible for people to move a table around without realizing? Surely it is less fantastical to accept a spiritual explanation? Not at all.

If a few people are convinced that the table will move (thats the skill: convincing them that it will happen), they will after a while begin to unconsciously to push it.

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yeah, like i say that if you believe in ghosts, you'll see one, and if you dont, then you wont see one.

i think its similar.

If these boards only came out in the 60s then how could they possibly have deep spiritual meaning and roots?