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Have you ever tried to move something with your mind just for fun?

Asked by Ansible1 (4841points) October 18th, 2009

You have no expectations that it will actually work, but why not, it’s worth a shot, right? Anyone?

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RandomMrdan's avatar

yes, it never seems to do anything though… =(

cookieman's avatar

Yes, sadly, I have tried this.

And I ultimately had to get up and walk accross the room to get the cookies.

gailcalled's avatar

Nightly, when my legs fall asleep after Milo has perched himself in my lap for an hour. It works (although the shove might contribute to my success).

PretentiousArtist's avatar

I moved myself out of the couch once with my mind

deni's avatar

After watching the Matrix yes

judochop's avatar

All those who belive in telekinesis raise my right hand.

Samurai's avatar

Yeah I’ve tried it.

Axemusica's avatar

For some reason I always try this with pencils. It’s the only time it comes to mind.

Alas the pencil never moves though.

justn's avatar

Whenever I’m too lazy to get something I try to move it with my mind, or say accio (insert item I’m trying to get here). Never seems to work.

smile1's avatar

hhahaha…yesssss!

peedub's avatar

Yes. It’s pretty effin hard.

Levante, levante, levante….!

filmfann's avatar

I like the Stephen Wright quote: All of you who believe in telekinesis, please raise my hand.

XOIIO's avatar

I have multiple times. I believe it is possible, but our brains need to evolve much more. Eventually we will be able to do more, I only wish I could live to see it, but sadly I won’t, and none of you, your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren and hundreds more after that.

Kraigmo's avatar

There’s a new toy out… and toys are usually foreshadows of bigger and better uses to come… called Mindflex. Where you use your thoughts to control a ball on top of a stream of air and how high or low it goes… with your mind.

http://www.walmart.com/mindflex#ProductDetail

Psychedelic_Zebra's avatar

I’d rather try to fly the way that Arthur Dent did in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by throwing myself at the ground and by having my attention distracted by something unusual at the moment just before I hit the ground.

Telekinesis, not so much.

NewZen's avatar

_ I tried that with a friend way back when we were kids. We were not successful. I miss him, come to think of it._

XOIIO's avatar

There is a game that reads your brainwaves. It allows you to walk around and throw objects at the other player through telekenisis. It’s really cool and you can team up to lift things like cars.

augustlan's avatar

I have tried this, and failed. More than once.

Bluefreedom's avatar

Yes and I ended up with nothing more than a headache and wanting back the 5 or so minutes I wasted thinking I could suddenly and miraculously be telekinetic.

Karandr's avatar

Oh, so many times. I usually trick myself into believing I have moved it.

MacBean's avatar

I’m another “Accio [object]!” person. No luck so far. But I haven’t lost hope.

frdelrosario's avatar

Yeah, then my supercute girlfriend, who was working as the receptionist, jiggled the coatrack with her umbrella, which our insane beet farmer co-worker didn’t suspect.

OpryLeigh's avatar

Yes, so far it’s never worked though :(

JONESGH's avatar

eh mostly using harry potter spells :)

CMaz's avatar

How do you think I am typing this?

beatthelastboss's avatar

Yeah, after watching the matrix for the first time. I stared at a spoon for an hour or so, concentrating as hard as possible until I turned away to see my mom staring at me with a “You scare me” face…

boffin's avatar

I bend spoons when I’m bored….

saraaaaaa's avatar

I tried once, after staring at it hard for so long it was passed to me…so I guess it worked in a roundabout way.

ABoyNamedBoobs03's avatar

haha this one time I was bored in my apartment bedroom and I was staring at my lamp, and figured I’d give it a try, see if I could turn it on with my noodle and such. focused on it for a couple minutes and then it turned on. For about 15 seconds I was convinced I turned it on with my mind, then my girlfriend peaked her head around the corner… forgot my light switch is in the hallway…

seventeen123's avatar

haha i tried to send a wind through the trees with my eyes after watching matilda!

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

I’ve never moved a thing with my mind. But I have moved minds with my thing.

ShanEnri's avatar

Yes I’ve tried it and moved some dust when let out my pent up breath!

peridot's avatar

Every once in a while, it occurs to me to try, and I succeed… But then I wake up, and the ability goes away. Dag-nabbit!

ibstubro's avatar

I have. No luck.

I’ll try again.

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