Possession Video

[Guest Albatross_]

No worries, it's nestled safely in my "Humorous" folder.

[PsychedelicDiamond]

WAIT CAN I SEE IT FIRST?

 

I could link it but... nah, i'm not that bad of a person.

[Koji]

DO EEEET.

[Guest Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LWAs9YlC4

 

Going to save it myself. I find the voice change interesting. Like he had an off camera ballon filled with helium. And this is a public video, so don't chastise me for using common sense and searching it on youtube.

[TulpaCouple]

I like Atasco's video, heh. It's interesting as it gets further into the video. Heh.

 

(why are all possession videos walking through the woods)

[PsychedelicDiamond]

I like Atasco's video, heh. It's interesting as it gets further into the video. Heh.

 

(why are all possession videos walking through the woods)

 

It's... better. Though that's not saying much.

 

And the answer to that seems to be "To make it look even more like a found footage horrormovie."

[motorheadlk]

 

Doubtful.

 

[Warning: Pseudoscience]

 

Firstly, possession should not impact the host's ability to perform this feat. I say this because I can think of no reason why it should, unless the mental trigger that allows for possession somehow affects parallel processing ability. I can think of no reason why that would be the case.

 

Simple, if someone is good at doing 2 different things at a time using the same brain, he's good at parallel processing, therefore if he can perfom possession, a part of his brain corresponding to his tulpa can write something and he can write something else, each one using one hand. I'd say that being good at possession and being good at parellel processing is the same, unless you think someone is really good at possession if he can't control a part of his body while his tulpa control the other, but even so, I'd say that good possession differs from normal possession not only by how much of the body can be controlled, but how much of it can be controlled while the host controls the rest. It would probably take a genius to be able to move one leg and the tulpa the other and be able to walk, that's what I'd call a godlike possession.

 

Secondly, everyone has the innate ability to perform parallel processing. We use it all the time, but in different ways than you might think.

We have exactly two simultaneous threads of execution running en tandem in our minds. One hosts our conscious mind -- everything we think about and are consciously aware of. The other hosts processes that are not the conscious mind. This is the thread that allows us to drive a familiar route without paying attention. Ever look at a relatively simple math problem and instantly have a number pop into your head, then complete the math problem only to discover that you'd thought of the answer in the first place? That's a function of intuition, which runs on this secondary thread. This model of the mind is called the "Two-track Mind" and is generally accepted in the field of psychology.

 

I do know about it, however, your non-conscious mind can perform several actions at the same time, it's multitasked, it goes from stimulating glands to control your metabolic system to moving your body when you're not thinking about something you're doing.

 

Theoretically, the way tulpae would be able to perform parallel processing is to offload a process that normally requires conscious thought onto the second thread, the non-conscious one. So in the instance of a mathematical problem -- in my opinion the best test of parallel processing, and by extension tulpae -- the host would be given two math problems. One he would work through on the conscious thread. For the other, the tulpa would 'hijack' the thread that normally would be doing something such as suggesting the answer to the conscious thread and use it to complete the second math problem. Assuming both threads work at about the same pace the tulpa could retrieve the answer close to the same time as the host, and the end result would be two math problems solved in an amount of time that normally would have allowed for only one.

In my opinion that would be a purer way to test parallel processing, because it tests only the mind and not the mind's ability to control the body.

 

 

[/pseudoscience]

 

Yes, however it's not a good way to help prove tulpae to the world (which is what I sought, because proving the tulpae phenomenom would lead to a lot of people making tulpas, and of course, that would be great - for science - of course), since it would require the same shit writing requires (you would have to write both math problems and write the solution), because if you don't you could simply know the answer beforehand and cheat.

Having a tulpa requires parallel processing by itself, she's talking and you're not parroting, so it's parallel processing. What I said about a person with good possession skills being able to handle this easier, or someone with good parallel processing skills being able to handle this easier, it's just because your body is used to do more than one thing at the same time, and as much training this could mean to have, I know that there is a innate factor too, I know of a guy who couldn't chew bubblegum and ride a bicycle at the same time. Now, your math problem example was not a good one for parallel processing, I would use something like: You are walking and thinking if you left your keys at home, that's parallel processing since you're walking but not even thinking on moving your muscles (unless you turn your attention to move them).

[Koji]

I say post it. unsettling or not, for science.

[PsychedelicDiamond]

There's this video i found about a host and a tulpa trying to write to different things at the same time. Pretty interesting. Also gets credits for not being quite as unintentionally disturbing as some other possesion videos.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcmuVFoYfM

[JD1215]

There's this video i found about a host and a tulpa trying to write to different things at the same time. Pretty interesting. Also gets credits for not being quite as unintentionally disturbing as some other possesion videos.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAcmuVFoYfM

 

That was actually pretty funny, I liked it.