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Question: Why can’t I move shit with my mind?

On what grounds does one draw the line between quantum physics/mechanics and pseudoscientific claims about the powers of consciousness? I’m naturally skeptical of claims like the following that purport to be supported by quantum physics/mechanics:

- Telekinesis. – Telepathy. – Healing yourself with your mind, etc.

I don’t know enough about quantum physics to understand [...]

Why Cant I : Response By: delmoi

As far as I know (which is not that far) alby gets it right. The "Observer" in QM is simply any type of measurement. You can’t measure anything without interacting with it, and at the Quantum scale the interaction becomes overwhelming, and actually alters the state of things, just like a blind man using [...]

Why Cant I : Response By: martinrebas

- Telekinesis. – Telepathy. – Healing yourself with your mind, etc.

Are these claims actually possible in some "legitimate" interpretations?

No.

Or are all the claims based on misunderstanding?

They’re based on "If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit". For hundreds of years, quacks have been appropriating words from whatever science [...]