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Btw., I think stonehart's observation of many musicians being interested in paranormal subjects is spot-on (at least I think it was stonehart who said it), although I would expand that to creative people in general.

It's probably to do with them (well, us, actually, I've played in a band and in my free time I do some writing and fiddling about in music programs) often being out-of-the-box thinkers and probably less afraid of being called crazy (because people already put them in the fringe).

I also think it's not a coincidence, that in the Rhine experiments, creative outgoing people often scored high in Zener card tests. It seems that being open to possibilities might actually mean you'll have a higher chance of own experiences. Being introverted or extroverted seems to have effects, though (I think introverts might tend towards psychosomatic effects rather than outside ones).

And, in reversion, I think that being strictly closed-minded actually means you can block them (again, with extroverted sceptics actually influencing the consciousness field - the "energies" around them).

Of course, these are all nothing but speculations on my part.

<blockquote data-quote="Polterwurst" data-source="post: 240456" data-attributes="member: 5239">Btw., I think stonehart&#039;s observation of many musicians being interested in paranormal subjects is spot-on (at least I think it was stonehart who said it), although I would expand that to creative people in general.It&#039;s probably to do with them (well, us, actually, I&#039;ve played in a band and in my free time I do some writing and fiddling about in music programs) often being out-of-the-box thinkers and probably less afraid of being called crazy (because people already put them in the fringe).I also think it&#039;s not a coincidence, that in the Rhine experiments, creative outgoing people often scored high in Zener card tests. It seems that being open to possibilities might actually mean you&#039;ll have a higher chance of own experiences. Being introverted or extroverted seems to have effects, though (I think introverts might tend towards psychosomatic effects rather than outside ones).And, in reversion, I think that being strictly closed-minded actually means you can block them (again, with extroverted sceptics actually influencing the consciousness field - the &quot;energies&quot; around them).Of course, these are all nothing but speculations on my part.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Polterwurst, post: 240456, member: 5239"] Btw., I think stonehart's observation of many musicians being interested in paranormal subjects is spot-on (at least I think it was stonehart who said it), although I would expand that to creative people in general. It's probably to do with them (well, us, actually, I've played in a band and in my free time I do some writing and fiddling about in music programs) often being out-of-the-box thinkers and probably less afraid of being called crazy (because people already put them in the fringe). I also think it's not a coincidence, that in the Rhine experiments, creative outgoing people often scored high in Zener card tests. It seems that being open to possibilities might actually mean you'll have a higher chance of own experiences. Being introverted or extroverted seems to have effects, though (I think introverts might tend towards psychosomatic effects rather than outside ones). And, in reversion, I think that being strictly closed-minded actually means you can block them (again, with extroverted sceptics actually influencing the consciousness field - the "energies" around them). Of course, these are all nothing but speculations on my part. [/QUOTE]

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