AS spectrum and psychic talent

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Let's assume, first, that genuine psychic talents exist. I believe they do, but I also acknowledge that their existence is a matter of considerable debate. That debate is not my intent here.

Do you think that having an autism-spectrum syndrome would interfere with or prevent psychic abilities, of any kind?

For example, I'm wondering whether telepathy might best stem a keen, well-developed abilitiy to read nonverbal communication readily and accurately on a subconscious level, or whether it might be based on something else entirely. The former might presuppose that much of the AS community, for whom reading nonverbals is often very difficult or (like me) nearly nonexistent, might have a disadvantage compared to their NT contemporaries. The latter could mean that AS/NT wiring and psychism have no connection, and that psychic ability could show up in either with equal frequency.

Further, are there any psychic abilities that might work betterin an Aspie than in an NT?

I am not sure, after all we don't know why we are different from NTs answer that question then this question can be asked. Now then it is my belief that past,present, and future are all happening all at the same time so if someone had a very sensitive mind you might be able to glimpse into the fourth dimension and see the ripples of time moving onward. I however have no theories on psycokenesis other than it would take a very powerful find full of will, and sheer power of matter to move even the tiniest objects.

Therein lies your problem, but that's beside the point.

A lack of empathetic connection to others as defined as feeling the emotional state of another being by just viewing their presence, would interfere with the ability to "read" people, as well as the lack of appreciating nonverbal and verbal cues. This ability to read others and their feelings is "magical" to me.

Conversely, a lack of this connection can actually allow someone to see past the pretences and faces, and look for patterns in actions and places, and these patterns can be logically constructed to create an "assumption", which could be seen as a "magical" ability, such as psychic...whatever, to those who rely on the former far more.

I've wondered about this myself. I don't have an answer though.

Psychic abilities might also be intuitive abilities which can be so significant that they appear psychic? I'm not sure I believe in psychic abilities really. I seem to have intuitive abilities that are sometimes far reaching but likewise think it's odd that this doesn't also apply in social situations.

I think having a highly analytic mind can interfere with being psychic. If you think and analyze too much it blocks your intuition. I don't think it has anything to do with autism one way or the other.

I think it's highly probable.

The phenomena described as "psychic" are often subtle. Normal people's minds are full of constant noise resulting from their constant social interactions.

The enforced isolation of the aspie invokes a corresponding "silence" where subtleties are more likely to be noticed.

I'm with Anemone on this one.

An analyst mind kills any psychic abilities.

I do not believe in them but this wouldn't help.

There can be no debate over opinions, fantasies, or subjective experience - at least as long as all involved acknowledge that such topics are, by and large, intangiable.

One can create for themselves any set of rules they want regarding the paranormal, but they are of no benefit until established as a work of fiction or recreation for the making of profit.

I am highly psychic, but only when I am in trance, and that's when my analytical mind switches off

According to the dictionary a psychic is a spiritual medium.
There's a similar definition for prophet, where the spirit is holy or divine.
This implies that psychics conjure evil spirits.

Also spirits are not physical entities so they have no brains.


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I think I know what you mean by this because I've had similarly describable experiences.

I am open to witnessing any demonstration of psychic ability.

I conjure up both evil and good, mostly good ones

YES YES YES someone with Asperger's can indeed be psychic as I have been called many, many times! Now don't grab your wallets and purses, I am not a con woman after your money!
I have my own theory.

First, let's discuss animals. Do they appear psychic? Are they really psychic? Most likely they aren't. They just use finally tuned senses and their brains to interpret the information they recieve in ways that humans, often cannot.

I conjecture the Aspie is similar. We are able to discern information, patterns, etc that other people miss because our brains are slightly different. I believe this is how Einstein knew what he knew and how other autistic geniuses know what they know.

I am extremely intuitive. In fact I happen to work in a field where having a strong intuitive ability is considered to be a huge asset. In fact a friend of mine has been going through a few years of infertility and I knew for a while that this month she was going to finally get pregnant.. and I was right! I also knew when my grandmother was going to pass away, and I was right about that too. I can go on and on about weird things that have happened... but I won't bore you too much

Intuition is not a psychic ability. It is merely the direct perception of reality independent of any reasoning process, and that does not bypass any of the 7 physical sense that humans have.

While it is very likely tha Dr. Einstein was highly intuitive, this possibility alone does not imply psychic ability.