Does the Human Brain Possess Potential “Super Powers”?


	Does the Human Brain Possess Potential “Super Powers”?

wildcat

3-25-2008 6:17 AM

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brain, superpower, memory

wildcat says:

Mind expert Allan Snyder of the University of Sydney and director of Centre for the Mind, is certain that all people have these latent super abilities, but only some are able to express them through “malfunctions” of overriding brain functions.

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3-25-2008 4:56 PM

invictus

Your latest two clips are about things that have been making my mind busy for more than 15 years. Excellent stuff, Wildcat.

3-26-2008 4:02 AM

wildcat

thanks invictus, same here..

3-26-2008 3:19 PM

sidegik

does the brain possess the spirit?

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