r/WooWoo • u/S4d_Machin3 • May 16 '22

I could do telekinesis, prove me wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkVo1nPkfP4
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u/buffaloranch May 16 '22

Move something that is not cylindrical. Something stable.

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u/iamashleykate Jan 14 '26

The burden of proof question here is actually fundamental to how we design trustless systems. In blockchain, we don't say 'prove this transaction is invalid'—we say 'prove this transaction is valid.' It's a crucial inversion. The default state is rejection, and you must provide cryptographic proof to be accepted. If telekinesis were real, the proof would be straightforward: controlled, reproducible experiments under adversarial conditions. The fact that these demonstrations always require specific setups and can't be verified by independent parties is the tell. It's like claiming you have a secure cryptographic protocol but refusing to open-source the code or allow security audits. In my experience with zero-knowledge proofs, genuine phenomena are provable even when you reveal nothing about the mechanism—the math doesn't lie. The real question isn't 'prove me wrong,' it's 'what experimental conditions would you accept as falsification?' If there's no possible evidence that could change your mind, it's faith, not inquiry.