Can austistics have paranormal abilities?

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I would like to know what you think makes people PEOPLE then, where our personalities come from (not just brain chemistry), WHO we are... And how it comes about in the first place...

People notice my psychic ability. I have never experienced anything that indicates the presence of a ghos t, so I have a hard time believing they exist. I like to watch shows like Ghost Adventures to see what they come up with and if it's enough to convince me ghosts are real. I don't get why they are so awed by "orbs", little balls of light on the film. They look like they could be nearly anything reflecting light, the way a mirror does, but the makers of the show claim it indicates paranormal activity.
The photographs are more interesting. Once, I saw a photograph of someone who looked like a ghost names Chloe who was haunting a southern plantation. The image could have easily been a woman dressed in a costume.

Well I believe in the soul, and we our souls are created shortly after when we are conceived. It is such a complicated area of research but we will never understand it if all we will do is just say its impossible.

The powers "austistics" have are only fictional, mainly revolving around completely memorizing your surroundings and then drawing it.

I made my point and my point is valid.

I haven't even read your entire reply because I am tired of debating this. Do I believe ghosts and psychic abilities exist? I believe in the possibility that they can. You cannot prove they don't exist. And I see it as a positive to keep an open mind in this incredibly mysterious universe in which we live. We have no idea the incredible things that lie in its deepest voids.

I do wish to add a theory that I uphold about this matter. But first, understand this definition from Wikipedia. (This is a view largely held by monists and process theorists. According to this view, the "supernatural" is just a term for parts of nature that modern science and philosophy do not yet properly understand, similar to how sound and lightning used to be mysterious forces to science. Materialist monists believe that the "supernatural" consists of things in the physical universe not yet understood by modern science.) I therefore am stating that I do have some materialistic monist views here.

Ghosts? I believe images/ sounds of a life can be recorded onto a yet to be discovered matter in the air we breathe. Energy radiated from this life would through some method become ingrained on this theoretical matter in the air. Under correct atmospheric conditions, the matter "film" would play back. Would this be the actual spirit of that person? Under this theory, "No." It would be no more the spirit of the person than watching home movies of your family.

But science is not yet to discover this. For most believers, ghosts are still in the spiritual world for those who believe in them. Although my tendencies are for materialist monist views, I still retain an open-mind since science cannot explain everything.

Well I tried.

So much ignorance makes me very sad.

In the 'paranormal' world they call autistics 'empaths'

check it out

Go to mysilentecho . com (This is my first post on this site and I cant link it here)

"A high degree of overall sensitivity is the general indicator for this type of person. All of the sensory organs of an Empath have low thresholds thereby resulting in unusual sensitivity to light, smell, and sound (as well as other subtler senses). Although underlying sensitivity is the unifying factor behind all Empaths, how this sensitivity is "managed" or "funneled" varies from person to person"

Interesting that they say lack of empathy is an autistic trait eh?

How can an afterlife not exist?

If the universe is completely random and time is infinite and we are here now, then eventually we will be here again, right? On an infinite timeline anything that can happen will happen

you talk about ignorance while ignoring the thousands of years of recorded history where people have been studying these paranormal (for lack of a better term) activities. Scientists think themselves smart but cant even figure out the pyramids

I experience the same thing. NT's can do it do. Everyone can to a certain degree, but few can do it without training. Its part of a bigger talent of reading "energy". I go to school right now (an accredited school that I get stafford loans for) and am learning about how to use the same ability that people like us can use to sense ghosts, to help people, via massage, bodywork, and energy work. I often talk to my therapist about the fact that I can read people via their energy a lot easier than by reading their emotions. She doesn't always believe me. But I have been learning how to use it to my advantage to overcome some of the difficulties I have as an aspie.... and incorporate it into a successful career that I am training for at school.

There are certain plants, such as the mugwort plant or doing a sage smudge that can help get rid of any "ghosts" or spirits that may be bothering you. Most are not harmful. But be careful in cemeteries though. I use to wander to cemeteries when I was younger whenever I was upset or had been abused (I had a terrible childhood). If there are spirits in the cemetery, they can take advantage of you if they are powerful enough.

Also, the overwhelming feeling that something will happen can also be harnessed to "make" things happen for the good. All you have to do is practice a sort of "positive thinking". Since you are already intuitively "connected", it won't take much to make it work for the better. I use it for silly things too, like getting a good parking space, which is fun sometimes. I used to be plagued by deja vu and dreams that came true too. If you practice "positive thinking", you can change the "bad things" into better things or events. You just have to trust it. Its scary, I know. I'm a chemistry, super science-y, logic obsessed person. It has not be easy. The cool thing is that physics right now is proving the existence of all this. Hell... we have even found cells in the body that correspond to the Chinese meridian lines!

When it comes to managing emotions that are coming off of other people... the only thing that I have found that helps is simply being careful of who I hang around with and removing myself from the situation if necessary. Try visualizing your personal "bubble" as an energy field. You can play around with it and making it bigger or smaller and even impregnable if you want! With practice, you can look into other peoples "energy bubbles" and "see" things about the person that you wouldn't ordinarily know. I spent 3 months with a teacher who taught me how to do this and other things. It was an amazing experience! But remember, you need to protect yourself because you are so sensitive. Things will be attracted to you because they know you can sense them and react to them when few others will (everything from spirits to bad energy from other people). Whenever you start feeling drained or not 100% in control of your own energy, thoughts, or emotions, you need to assess if anything is energetically affecting you. I wish you luck and hope it gets better! This is a gift and a wonderful talent that few have!

Of course, I respect scientists and Dilberts comments. But I have to agree with this. And I would like to see closed minded scientists explain coincidence.

I still think this is a valid point in this semi-derailed-thread topic now. Thousands of years ago, if you used "Science" to predict the weather, or worked with modern elements, they would call you a magician. Science has always been around as far as I'm aware, but it's always evolved and expanded, so that what was "magic" back then is now "Science".

Besides, I find it hard to believe that if science is always evolving, that one can say everything right now is explainable with science. It's not like we've reached the limit with science; nothing left to learn or hypothesize. There are still things to figure out. Therefore, it is very likely that there are things now that cannot be explained with where we're at with science at the moment, but will be in the future. Why can't this "paranormal" stuff fit into that category?

I guess I'm going into semantics if I go any further. How can someone be so sure that the "paranormal" is all "fake", rather than "a phenomena that has yet to be proven by science at this moment".

I can't really believe in something down-to-earth (Science) being able to explain every little thing that is on earth at this moment. I would feel unstable in those beliefs, that all there is to know, can be explained with a single equation. There isn't *more*? Then what the hell do we have to live for?

I have Asperger’s syndrome, I love science.

First of all, the supernatural or paranormal has never been scientifically proven ... since it is non-quantifiable, then there is no quantifiable manner in which to evaluate if autistics have "paranormal" abilities. Second of all, this seems a little like the idea that autistics have "special powers" ... for some reason, being developmentally challenged seems less burdensome when there is a corresponding gift or ability. I don't see how this is in my people's collective best interest to run around and say they have magic powers coupled with the fact that they will disclose that they have ASD, everything that is said by people with ASD is measured against the fact that we are Neurodivergent, so it seems like this thread is a waste of time or tactically not in our best interest. Nevertheless, I do think that people with ASD do perceive the world in a literal manner, so any sense of the paranormal which might be neurobiological in nature, might appear to our sense's more strongly and without a sense of detachment and skepticism that neurotypicals experience normally. I don't personally believe in the paranormal or supernatural, if anything like ghosts or goblins does exist, they have never been documented and there is no quantifiable basis in which to describe their existence.

So, autistics could have magic powers ... but I don't go around calling neurotypicals muggles and I would strongly suggest that my people avoid name calling at most costs.

Absolutely. I have a paranormal ability. It's this really neat thing I call common sense, which uses science, reason, and logic to explain that things such as ghosts and feelings associated with them. While not everything can be explained with science *yet*, common sense suggests that science is the correct way to explain phenomena.

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I can communicate with aliens through playing a glockenspiel.

Boo ... No, an aspie as an NT, so paranormal skills.

We're just as good as the rest of them at self delusion, though