Schuyler
Misanthrope
No its not - the only diference is one is sought out the other is natural occurrence. Its all the same Trust me ive spent all my life having and doing both - its all the same. There is no difference in data quality or experience form having a psychic precog dream to me going out and getting remote viewing data for a client. If it looks, walks and quacks like a duck - its a probably a duck.
If you are sure its different - what are the factors or properties that mark this difference?
I think we actually agree more than we disagree in that we both feel this stuff can ultimately be explained once we understand it better. I am saying there is a clear difference between having an experience in real time, such as the one I related above, and having an experience that turns out to be prescient. In the first instance it may be a bit of a stretch to explain, but it can be handled within the current paradigm--some sort of connection between people who are close in a time of stress--not so off the wall. That's a duck.
In the second case, it can't be handled within the current paradigm at all. Indeed, it completely changes our concept of reality. If you can actually predict the future, that changes our entire concept of time, pre-destination, and responsibility. It's a lot harder sell. That's not even a bird.
Whether this can all be explained by the Holographic Paradigm, I don't know. I've read the books, and it sounds compelling, but I don't claim to understand it. We've had several discussions on the Paracast about people using some advanced concept of physics to 'explain' something when in fact we have little real understanding, so I don't want to fall into that trap.
Still, I honestly believe we do have moments that transend space and even time. I have a friend who reads Scientific American and thinks the Schermer dude is a genius. My friend is also has a Doctrate in Mathematics. So I had a certain dream and told my wife about it. She then made a mental note and then we told my freind. The event (not a biggie just a mundane event)happened. Well my friend said "I'll have to file that one away." He did and never mentioned it again.
We all have our world views and we all wake up in our own skin everyday. It's all the same thing neither physical nor paranormal. It's life and it goes through endless stages. 