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How Valid is Mind Over Matter?

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How Valid is Mind Over Matter?

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If the adage mind over matter is unequivocally true I would be able to fly with my bare arms. It is mind over matter right? So if I believe I can fly then I can fly! Great! I head off to the nearest tall building psyched up to fly. However when I jump off the top of the roof believing I can fly most reasonable people would agree an ambulance would be summoned to take me to the ER and later the psych ward to treat my psychosis if I was lucky enough to survive the fall. Yet many people believe in mind over matter. Before you say Ive taken this example to the extreme bear in mind that was my intent. Im a critical thinker, love a good challenge, and refuse to buy into anything based on an appeal to popularity. It is my belief that the majority of people take the adage of mind over matter far too seriously and to the opposite extreme of believing the mind is powerful enough to do anything. Great! Save me! Im jumping and I can fly! Okay, that is taking it too far, but where do we draw the li

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