Telekinesis or psychokinesis defines a supposed psychic ability by which the human being could influence, alter and move physical objects through the mind. Science-fiction? Pseudoscience and superstition, as the beloved Carl Sagan would say? Possibly.
Now, beyond the fact that this topic inevitably brings us back to cinematographic scenes such as Star Wars and the Jedi, to the character of Carrie White from Stephen King's novel, or to the character of Eleven in Stranger Things, there is an important detail that we must consider.
This topic began to attract the attention of scientists throughout the Cold War. More than thirty years of the most varied investigations in which no evidence could be found that the mind has power over matter. However, today, an interesting possibility opens up.
With the development of so-called neurotechnologies such as Neuralink, figures such as Elon Musk show us that, shortly, the human being will be able to interact with different devices through the mind ... and an interface. As Arthur C. Clark once said, sometimes magic is just science that we haven't fully understood yet...
Telekinesis, what do we know so far?
Telekinesis was first coined in 1914, but it was not until 1934 that the parapsychologist JB Rhine began to investigate this phenomenon on an experimental level. Unfortunately, and to this day, it has not been possible to demonstrate that the human being is capable of mentally influencing external objects or events without the use of physical energy.
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The truth is that over time the phenomenon of telekinesis or psychogenesis has aroused a lot of interest. However, the greatest boom in research around this topic emerged especially during the Cold War. Thus, the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine carried out the most remarkable research in the 1980s at the request of the United States Army Research Institute.
The conclusions they reached are the same ones that are maintained today by the experts. We analyze them.
Why is telekinesis not a sustainable or valid psychic ability?
One of the figures who has currently investigated the phenomenon of telekinesis the most is the British physicist John G. Taylor. According to him, at present, there is no physical mechanism that makes psychokinesis possible for the following reasons:
To move objects with the mind would require a highly powerful new form of energy. It would be a kind of "fifth force", one capable of overcoming the electromagnetic forces that hold atoms together.
Telekinesis goes against established laws of physics such as the second law of thermodynamics, conservation of momentum, or the inverse square law.
Girl with books flying due to telekinesis
The Curious Case of Nina Kulagina
Nina Kulagina was one of the best-known and most studied figures in the field of telekinesis. She was born in Russia in 1926, at the age of 14 she entered the Red Army and during World War II she was part of the tank regiment. It was during the postwar period when she was already a housewife, she began to notice something out of the ordinary...
Nina moved objects without touching them. Soon, she began to be studied by a committee of Soviet experts, who subjected her to endless tests and experiments. Her case of her is one of the best known during the Cold War period, there are even curious black and white recordings in which she could be seen separating the yolks from the whites in eggs submerged in water and moving matches with the mind.
As she herself explained, this faculty appeared with more intensity when she was angry. After these experiences, she also stated that she was exhausted and experienced pain in her spine and eyes... Now, finally (and as she stated) she ended up losing this ability due to storms, whose electrical phenomena reduced that (apparently extraordinary ability ).
Now… was Nina Kulagina really a person with telekinetic powers? It is suspected that it was the Soviet Union itself that popularized and manipulated the skills of women with clear propaganda purposes ...
Telekinesis will be possible in the future (but through other mechanisms)
If we say at this very moment that telekinesis will be a reality in the near future, many will question it. How not to do it if we have been demonstrating for decades that such a capacity is unlikely and defies known physics?
Well, very recently Elon Musk introduced us to his company Neuralink, an organization focused on nothing more and nothing less than developing technology that can create bridges between the brain and machines. With what purpose? The main one, the medical one: treating blindness, movement problems, neurodegenerative diseases...
Now, the goal is to go further and, of course, challenge many of the things we take for granted. One of them could be to create autonomous cars that we can drive with our minds. This form of telepathy will be mediated by small interfaces that will enable communication between us and the car's computer.
Apparently, the psychic and biological universe lacked only the alliance of technology to make something that human beings have been dreaming of for decades come true...
