Psychics

I’m reading this book about psychic abilities. This group of men in the military volunteered to enhance their mental abilities so they could become a shadow team that could move undetected. There are stories all over about psychic people, but people usually don’t believe in them; they think they’re frauds. I think it is definitely a topic scientists can explore –just with extreme caution considering the brain is very fragile. This is like the designer genes that I was talking about. The same arguments would be applied here because it goes against nature, etc.

In the book, the men have abilities like speaking to animals, dream walking, telekinesis, telepathy, mind control, etc. Some of these abilities no doubt would be beneficial in the army and other serious situations; however, the cause, in the book at least, many problems. The men in the book had to go through severe headaches (described as knives slicing their brains), seizures, brain bleeds, and insanity. These abilities would definitely be cool to have, but I think the consequences outweigh the benefits –there is just too much that can go wrong. Though I do think it would be interesting to explore, nonetheless to understand more about our minds.