...the belief on "psychic" energy helping things such as plants et al is something that is based on observation (though the science behind similar ideas is just being theorized).
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Relevant part:
South Korean scientists, who played classical pieces including Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata in rice fields, say they have identified plant genes that can "hear".
Plants are known to respond to light, wind, and soil nutrients. Some gardeners believe flowers can be revitalised by music.
The researchers, whose work is highlighted in this week's New Scientist, say their discovery could in future enable farmers to switch specific plant genes on and off - potentially making crops flower at certain times or grow more quickly.
Mi-Jeong Jeong of the National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology in Suwon, South Korea, and colleagues began their research by playing 14 different classical pieces to rice plants.
They monitored gene expression in the plants - the process by which their DNA code is translated into instructions for biological processes such as growth.
Of course, this has also been shown to perhaps have been an anomaly but I've been to farms that seemed to produce healthier (and certainly better tasting hahahaha) animals by treating them well, reading stories to them, and generally treating them like a domestic house animals instead of a mass-produced meat steak.
I can't really quantify any of my ideas to have a "proof" of any of these ideas. I do think that believing these things allow me to somewhat understand things that are seen as "supernatural". I've been to places that seemed "haunted" and I can't help but feel something was "different" about those places. Sometimes it was just the fact that the stones stayed cool in the heat and there was a natural wind-tunnel that made the place seem colder, or other things like that. But they still felt "different" and although confirmation bias DOES exist I think we also need to think about things that MAY be possible as well.
The God thing is mostly due to Unknowns. I wouldn't even classify "God" in the structure of my beliefs as a "singular" person or something like that. Perhaps it's just the Ultimate Equation, or an unknown energy no science can explain. I have had discussions wondering about the finite existence or lack thereof in the Universe. I do somewhat believe that something had to begin existence, though how that wouldn't fit into some sort of paradox would be a matter for a longer discussion.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/2012 03:16PM by Sam.