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‘Tele’ means distance and ‘kinesis’ means motion in Greek
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▪ Hi HIW,
I was recently trying telekinesis when I managed to bend this fork. I am not joking. I would like to know how I did it. The technique I did involved a bit of meditation, but I somehow managed to do it. Is there any explanation for how I did it?
Yixin Luo
This sounds very impressive, Yixin. However, telekinesis is not something that has enough evidence for scientists to definitively prove or dismiss. Telekinesis doesn’t match the laws of physics. The only two forces that have a long enough range to influence an object the size of a fork are gravity and electromagnetism. Gravity would be too weak to bend the fork under ordinary circumstances, while if electromagnetism was involved you would clearly notice it interacting with surrounding objects. There could be new forces that scientists have not yet discovered. However, it is unlikely that a force with that strength or range has not yet been detected.