"I am practicing Umbrokinesis!"

"Cool! I am working on Chronokinesis!"

All these "kenesii" seem pretty cheesy to me (cassiokinesis anyone?), and are all effectively wholly unsubstantiated bastardizations of categories and divisions theorized by early pioneers researchers in the fringe-science field of psi, J.B. Rhine and his work at Duke University being the most modern and scientific examples, though to take nothing away from early psychical researchers.

I personally believe there is some evidence for some basic kinds of psi - telepathy, clairvoyance, "psychic" healing, precognition, psychokinesis - but I think these things are all extremely inconstant and spontaneous, certainly nothing that can currently be "harnessed" and used at will, nor with any degree of practical control or reliability. Even the meticulous statistics-laden reports of the somewhat tame ESP work of J.B. Rhine and his wife Louisa, is still not accepted by "science" in general as any sort of validation of psi, an it's not getting any better with so many people jumping on the bandwagon claiming to have every pseudo-"kinesis" ability that can be named using Latin. Sci-fi and fantasy fiction and games and anime is probably not the best basis for the belief or proof of abilities which promise to turn scientific laws on their heads.

So while I can appreciate psi may exist or be encountered in some rare instances, the idea of any sort of "everyday" performance of a particular "ability" is astronomically unlikely, and such exaggerated and irresponsible claims to the contrary only make the entire field more laughable and unbelievable to those who might otherwise be open-minded enough to at least consider the possibility.

A very good, in-depth and interesting modern treatment of some of the seminal research into psi-related ("psychic") issues by pioneers in the field.

Consciousness and the Physical World - Douglas Stokes

I bought this small canvas-bound book in the 90s at an occult bookstore in Tulsa for a small amount, though more than I would pay for any book its size nowdays.

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