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Extraordinary abilities
Thursday, 25 January
Topic: Extraordinary Abilities
Fun Fact of the Day: “January 20 was the U.S. President’s inauguration day. The tradition dates back to 1897 when the Senate Committee on Arrangements hosted a lunch at the Capitol for William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States.” How many inaugurations have been celebrated in the U.S. since then?

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Extraordinary abilities can include the following: exceptional memory, lightning calculation, uncanny artistic skill, natural telekinesis, pyrokinesis, extreme clairvoyance, above average perceptions, clairaudience, putting thoughts into others’ minds, using one’s bioelectricity, etc.

Topic:

1. What are “extraordinary abilities”? Do you think that there are a lot of skilled people out there with capabilities that seem “out of this world” and extraordinary? Have you ever heard about such people or known them personally?

2. Are extraordinary abilities genetic, thus unable to be controlled by the person affected? Do you believe that some people are truly “gifted” with these abilities? Can you train yourself to have such skills? If so, how? What reasons might exist to make yourself a “rain man,” with incredible skills that suddenly come to the surface?

3. What specific examples of extraordinary abilities might individuals possess? Do you think that recreating music from memory after listening once is extraordinary? Have you heard of “Tetrachromacy,” “Absolute Pitch,” “Supertasters,” “Echolocation,” “Genetic Chimerism,” and “Synesthesia’”? Are these examples of extraordinary abilities?

4. How can an ordinary person by affected by extraordinary abilities? Do people with these special abilities suffer in their daily lives? How can they use these skills in practice? Do you think there are more positives or negatives in possessing these abilities?

5. Do you believe in the power of thought? Do you think that thoughts can be realized physically in our every day lives? Have you experienced this in your life? If so, what happened?

6. Would you like to be gifted with any of these special abilities? Why or why not? Would you like to be hired by the CIA or NASA, which might use people with extraordinary skills? Would you like to deal with such people in your life?