Telekinesis claims are debunked by simple hidden threads

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Every self proclaimed psychic bending spoons or moving pencils inexplicably fails when a tiny amount of flour is sprinkled on the table.

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Telekinesis claims are debunked by simple hidden threads — STACKY / Myths & mysteries

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Cyril Hoskin wrote a wildly popular book in 1956 claiming to be a Tibetan lama named Lobsang Rampa whose profound mystical awakening involved having a literal wooden plug drilled into his forehead to open his third eye.

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Shifting objects without physical contact fails

Staring intensely at a pencil will not make it roll across the desk. Telekinesis is the supposed ability to shift matter using pure thought. Decades of tests…

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Italian spiritualist Eusapia Palladino became a global sensation in the late nineteenth century for her ability to levitate tables and materialize spectral hands during seances.

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Telekinesis claims are debunked by simple hidden threads

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Staring aggressively at a spoon until it bends slightly

Psychokinesis gives you massive brain-splitting migraines

Sylvia Browne was a massively popular psychic who charged clients over $700 for a twenty-minute phone reading, claiming an astonishing accuracy rate for her predictions despite…

Cyril Hoskin wrote a wildly popular book in 1956 claiming to be a Tibetan lama named Lobsang Rampa whose profound mystical awakening involved having a literal wooden plug drilled into his forehead to open his third eye.

Shifting objects without physical contact fails

Italian spiritualist Eusapia Palladino became a global sensation in the late nineteenth century for her ability to levitate tables and materialize spectral hands during seances.

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