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  1. Sup guys. A few months ago, while browsing 4chan, I came across a very long creepypasta dealing with a guy building a tulpa. The tulpa then proceeds to become increasingly independent and threatening and ends up controlling the original guy. I liked that story and the idea it implied (our subconscious may have real power over our mind) pleased me, even though I didn't believe one word of it of course. Then, while browsing /sci/, I stumbled upon a thread dealing with tulpae very seriously . Of course the OP was being copiously flamed by /sci/ skeptics so I figured it would be interesting to find experiments giving credit to this whole tulpa theory. And I posted this: A guy then told me to go to your site and irc chat to get more information. So I did, interested to know how people could prove they had tulpae. And I was soon faced with difficulties: it's hard to trust people on chat. Of course you could believe them but that's not how scientific evidence works. My goal was to find whether people with tulpae were able to prove they could do weird stuff "normal" people couldn't do such as memorizing arbitrary numbers or texts. The problem was, according to many people, their tulpae weren't complete (and thus not able to count or remember), it was quite easy to cheat, etc. So here's the point of this thread: how would you prove from a scientific point of view that there is a neuroscience reality behind people's tulpae? The brain scan would be the ultimate proof but many people don't have the resources to perform one. Here's a list of things people could do in order to prove they have extra abilities and at the very least intrigue other profane and science people: - Record a random guy's brain activity and that of a guy with a tulpa. Then make them visualize a movie with a subliminal message, record their brain activities. Ask them if they saw something weird; guy with tulpa should be able to answer. At the very least, different areas of the brain should be activated when he thinks about an answer or watches the movie. - Have a guy read a very long text then ask a completely counter-intuitive question such as: how many words are there in that text? What's the ninetieth word of that text? Since the tulpa should have unhindered access to the subject's short-term memory, it should be able to answer these ones very quickly. At the very least, have it recorded on webcam or screencaped. Ideally, compare result with that of a random guy and record brain activities. - Have a guy with a tulpa answer to some basic (but tedious) arithmetic questions: is 4375762 dividable by 7? What's 89379 x 3493? I guess the tulpa should master some basic math concepts to answer these ones. At the very least, have it recorded on webcam or screencaped. Ideally, compare result with that of a random guy and record brain activities. - Watch a photo for five seconds and try to remember every detail, if necessary by asking questions such as "What item was in that photo among these ones"? Anyway, if you want to do experiments showing what your tulpa (if it exists) can do, you are only bounded by your imagination. The key elements must be: - ALWAYS record the experiment. People must be able to see you perform and pass a test so they know it's foolproof. - Repeat it. Do it with a lot of people. The larger your sample is, the more likely it is to gain notoriety and the interest of scientists. Your sample needs to be sufficiently large so people won't blame external factors leading to positive results in your experiment. - Make sure you are totally exposing yourself in such a way that you wouldn't be able to cheat if you wanted to. - Compare results with those of people WITHOUT tulpae, and even more importantly, compare your results with those of people with brain disorders so your tulpae won't be accidentally confused with schizophrenia or whatever. Of course this will need the contribution of enough willing people. You may ask: "Why should we go through all this trouble? Just try to make a tulpa and you'll find out!" The problem is, if I attempt to make a tulpa, whether I succeed or fail to do so, my point of view will be forever biased and I won't be able to apply an objective scientific judgement on your results. This is true for anyone willing to review your experiments and giving them any scientific credibility. If you want to gain notoriety and be considered outside of 4chan, that's the way you should do it.
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