Poll: Can you view auras?

[incrediblegeek]

This stuff is junk science, period. Sorry if you can't see that.

Apology accepted.

"Skepticism is no longer healthy when it becomes condescending and rude."

Someone else said it best above. Sorry if you couldn't see it was only about that.[/quote]

Looking back, yeah, I read your post wrong, and I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have been responding to you specifically.

This sort of thing gets me riled up and I kinda get tunnel vision. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Naysayers it's possible.

People are hot after all (temperature wise). Heat creates radiation, all you need to see glowing people is a slightly broader range of vision than the average human.

You can see energy traveling through a medium?

Um, yes. And unless you're blind you can too.

 

[Seldon2639]

Well, since I'll be taking slack for this, lemme explain.


I do not see an amazing glowy light around some one, well I do for one person, but thats unrelated. What I see is when light passes over them, and I can feel it subconusly, I see a shade of something on their face. Its not as supernatural as it sounds, if they're sad, not cring, but just sad. They look really pale, If they are angry, they seem redish, if they're mad, they have a dark shade to them, and if they are happy, they look absolutly normal.

I'm not saying I'm supernatural, I'm merely saying I can sometime pick up somepeople emotions better than other people. I have to be near them and I have to see them to get a good estimate, and thats all it is an estimate, not a fullproof "your sad" thing. So sure this may not be what he's talking about, but it sounded close enough to me.


*braces for flame*

I'd attempt to provide the "real" explanations for your observed phenomena (because it is generally true), but I fear it would fall on deaf ears. People do change subtly when they're in different moods, and their physiology changes with them. I would guess that the better someone is at suppressing an emotion, the less you get your "feeling" about them. But, especially with close friends, or with people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, it's not difficult if you pay attention.

In case you're interested:

The paleness is caused because (a) any kind of shock tends to drain blood from our faces, and (b) any crying would do the same. I'm assuming that most of what you're looking at is in the face (since that's where most of our emotions register).

The redness is the opposite. An angry reaction draws blood into the head/face, and usually gives it a redish tinge.

The darkness is a bit more difficult to get a pin in, because there's no purely physiological reason. It's mostly the way people hold themselves. In normal interaction, we put our "best faces forward". Any time we're feeling antagonized, we do the opposite, hiding ourselves subtly.

And, of course, anyone who isn't at the time emotional, or better at hiding it, would appear the same as a "normal" person. It would be interesting to test that ability in a controlled environment, though.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Naysayers it's possible.

People are hot after all (temperature wise). Heat creates radiation, all you need to see glowing people is a slightly broader range of vision than the average human.

You can see energy traveling through a medium?

Um, yes. And unless you're blind you can too.

Eh, you are right.. In a sense. You can see the light which is emitted, but for the most part I am going to guess you cannot see the wave length of a normal human because of the fact it is so subtle.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Naysayers it's possible.

People are hot after all (temperature wise). Heat creates radiation, all you need to see glowing people is a slightly broader range of vision than the average human.

You can see energy traveling through a medium?

Um, yes. And unless you're blind you can too.

Eh, you are right.. In a sense. You can see the light which is emitted, but for the most part I am going to guess you cannot see the wave length of a normal human because of the fact it is so subtle.

I'm talking about heat. Any sufficiently hot object (like a human) radiates light in the infrared spectrum.

An extended range of vision could allow a person to see some of this radiation.

 

[Mizaki]

I'd attempt to provide the "real" explanations for your observed phenomena (because it is generally true), but I fear it would fall on deaf ears. People do change subtly when they're in different moods, and their physiology changes with them. I would guess that the better someone is at suppressing an emotion, the less you get your "feeling" about them. But, especially with close friends, or with people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, it's not difficult if you pay attention.

In case you're interested:

The paleness is caused because (a) any kind of shock tends to drain blood from our faces, and (b) any crying would do the same. I'm assuming that most of what you're looking at is in the face (since that's where most of our emotions register).

The redness is the opposite. An angry reaction draws blood into the head/face, and usually gives it a redish tinge.

The darkness is a bit more difficult to get a pin in, because there's no purely physiological reason. It's mostly the way people hold themselves. In normal interaction, we put our "best faces forward". Any time we're feeling antagonized, we do the opposite, hiding ourselves subtly.

And, of course, anyone who isn't at the time emotional, or better at hiding it, would appear the same as a "normal" person. It would be interesting to test that ability in a controlled environment, though.

I read your above post, and yes that is true. I don't think there is a definate end to either side because any amount of evidence on either side contradicts the reasoning for the person being on the side they are, starting a circle.

Also, with that being explained (the physical caracteristics of emotions), no matter what they call it, it's still amazing they can detect this. I at least give them kudos for observing that. But.. when it is explained scientifically I think for some people it removes the folksy charm, know what I mean? As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather things be explained to me because I'd like to understand it, but I think some are happy with their own definitions. Not to say you shouldn't explain things to people, but I think sometimes when people talk about auras and the like.. it may just be a little of both. Maybe there's some sort of non-verbal message humans can transmit and the brain picks it up however it feels like and it's up to the person to decide what it is, or maybe they're not a member of the scientific reality? It's an interesting thing, really.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Naysayers it's possible.

People are hot after all (temperature wise). Heat creates radiation, all you need to see glowing people is a slightly broader range of vision than the average human.

You can see energy traveling through a medium?

Um, yes. And unless you're blind you can too.

Eh, you are right.. In a sense. You can see the light which is emitted, but for the most part I am going to guess you cannot see the wave length of a normal human because of the fact it is so subtle.

I'm talking about heat. Any sufficiently hot object (like a human) radiates light in the infrared spectrum.

An extended range of vision could allow a person to see some of this radiation.

Yes it radiates light, but the light that is radiated is not on the visible spectrum.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Yes it radiates light, but the light that is radiated is not on the visible spectrum.

Which is why most people can't see it.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Yes it radiates light, but the light that is radiated is not on the visible spectrum.

Which is why most people can't see it.

Which is why no one can see it, without mechanical aid.

 

[Dorian]

Yes it radiates light, but the light that is radiated is not on the visible spectrum.

Which is why most people can't see it.

Which is why no one can see it, without mechanical aid.

Are you saying that some of us are becoming cyborgs?

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Yes it radiates light, but the light that is radiated is not on the visible spectrum.

Which is why most people can't see it.

Which is why no one can see it, without mechanical aid.

It's not like "visible light" is a definitive spectrum with precisely defined boundaries. It varies between individuals and a few people can see into the range of light that radiates from a human body.

 

[incrediblegeek]

Which is why no one can see it, without mechanical aid.

It's not like "visible light" is a definitive spectrum with precisely defined boundaries. It varies between individuals and a few people can see into the range of light that radiates from a human body.

Got a link to back that claim up? That's the sort of thing a 5 minute test could prove.

 

[Limos]

I know I'm crazy, they have a name for my problem, great...


EDIT: I also meant to ask, why do you think I have social problems? I actually have quiet a few friends, and many fo them are very close to me. so... I don't think your all right on that.

Oh my, I was actually responding the the OP, I hadn't read the rest of the thread. I believe you said you don't claim to see actual light, just have a better than normal perception of peoples emotions. That could just mean you are very good at reading nonverbal cues.

And I mostly brought it up because the OP claims to see big glowy magic things around strangers which allows him some special insight into their minds. Which to tell the truth, is some grade-A batshit crazy right there.

 

[Shadowtek]

all i can actually see is is a haze around a person. For example, if I am in a dark room or area I can see a relatively clear silhouette of the person. Nothing blazing or truly outstanding. Its just a slight difference in the area surrounding. The colors im not really very good at identifying. I can see the the haze, but not as a really clear personal marker. as for the sensing people, its just when someone is near or someone is even in the area, I can usually find them very quickly. I have a sense of where they are and I keep following that until I locate them. That one I cant explain very well.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

/posting in an epic thread.

Unfortunately there isn't a convenient way to prove that anyone who claims to see "auras" is lying, but I don't believe that kind of bullshit for a second. You people watch too much TV.

 

[rabbitambulance]

I can't say for sure that you fit all the symptoms, but usually people who believe in such nonsense as Auras, Chi, Spirits, Demonic possession or the like are suffering from this disorder. Hopefully a good psychiatrist will be able to help you.

Don't look now, but you might just have classified all religious people as insane. Which is fine by me, really.

 

[Dudemeister]

Hahahaha. No. I can't. You can't either.

Oh well that's it then, sorted. You've well and truly resolved the thread.
As someone who has never experienced it, I'm sure you know all about it.

For years people have thought I was making things up as I would tell them that I can see things around people. These things I had later defined as "AURAS" or "QI". Apparently This is not overly common. I have learned to use this in many advantageous situations, for example I have a strangely accurate ability to find people in an area even if I cant see them. I simply feel if a person is there or not. If this feeling gets strong I can see a very slight color displacement around their person (or if it is dark, where their person should be). Can anyone else elaborate their feelings on this? Maybe someone else has this unique ability, do you care to share? What do you think?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_(paranormal)

Well I've never had anything like this happen to me but people should try to be a little bit more open minded instead of just immediately dismissing anything they don't consider normal.

 

[rabbitambulance]

If you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out.

 

[Aries_Split]

If you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out.

Wise Words.

 

[ThePlasmatizer]

I don't believe in auras or the ability to detect auras.

I don't believe in a lot of the New Age and Occult fads we have now but it doesn't make it uninteresting. For a while I became interested in Runes and Tarot because I found divination exciting and mysterious even if I also found it entirely unbelievable.

You're free to believe what you want though I won't try and dissuade someone from wanting to believe it.