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raves posted Oct 10, 2008 12:02AM GMT
Answered Anything is possible.
I'm sure there are limits, but I was a competitive powerlifter for a while and I know that mind over matter works in that aspect. I mean, how else was a 130 lb. girl supposed to be deadlifting 250? Or the kid who weighed 190, and was squatting 720? I mean, if you thought, "hell no, I shouldn't be doing this!" You wouldn't be able to. That bar would crush you. But my coach found out quickly getting me so angry to the point where I needed to prove someone wrong, by telling myself I could do it, made that uber-heavy bar feel like a toothpick in my hands. -
raves +1 posted Oct 08, 2008 12:37AM GMT
Answered There is no such thing as "mind over matter."
Mental processes are fundamentally grounded in the action of the brain--mind is caused by matter, as it were. The framing of this question presupposes a dualistic ontology that I find a little distasteful. -
raves posted Oct 07, 2008 11:21AM GMT
Answered I think...
It is very true. A lot of times a person thinks too much about overcoming an obstacle and before they even try they have failed. Yes, there are limitations to what a person can physically do, but getting the right frame of mind can really help you along. It's like my good friend Yoda says, "Try not. Do or do not. There is not try."
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raves +2 Oct 07, 2008 06:00AM GMTWell, you're supposed to bend the spoon in a certain spot over and over, so the metal heats up and it is easy to move. That way, when you hold it up and stare at it, it looks like you are making it do it with your mind. I read about it, but I can't pull it off. haha It is called illusionism.
Answered Anything is possible.
I am not sure of all the scientifical facts that back it up. Almost anything other than bending a spoon with your mind will amaze me. I know how the spoon bending works. haha, it is hard to pull it off though.