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THE ICE MAN The Amazing Dutchman Who Feels No Cold
Another Natural Superpower ability which is bearing the utmost temperature degrees and by being more specific, climbing mountain Everest with wearing nothing but a short. That was done by the amazing Dutchman Wim Hof who had endured the cold weather and the lowest temperature degrees ever by performing meditation techniques and breathing exercises. "Weatherwatch: According to David Hambling's article "Weatherwatch: Extremely Cool Iceman keeps his inner fire burning at -27 degrees," Hof performs a precise yoga skill called "Tummo" which enhances his abilities to bear any kind of temperature whether it is hot or cold and to be able to survive all kinds of weather conditions.
Extremely Cool Iceman keeps his inner fire burning at -27 degrees,� David Humbling.
Another reason for Hof to use this kind of method is to gain positive influence on the immune system, positive influence on the mind and body, Improvement of blood circulation, Improvement of concentration and focus and Greater self-confidence and conscious development. After achieving the success in climbing mountains and bearing cold weather, Hof became a motivational speaker and encouraged people to do the exercises that he had done to gain the same benefits as he did and become healthier in their lives. As what he does according to science is accurately correct because he uses his body to overcome any kinds of temperature and he tested this method and it became true and that is the reason that others may try do that as well but after long training and hard work. Natural SuperPowers
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In 2011 researchers looking at the immune system accompanied Hof, with volunteers trained in his techniques, on a mountain challenge. The volunteers hiked in shorts in temperatures as low as -27C, took snow baths and swam in freezing water. All the volunteers successfully completed the challenge. Authors and Source http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jan/07/weatherwatch-iceman-wim-hof-tibetan-yogis-tummo-cold-exercises David Hambling Article By Karim Rizkallah
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THE CAMERA He Only Needs to Take a Look Stephen Wiltshire a Londoner born to Indian parents was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. Now that isn’t what makes him unique though because Mr Wiltshire possess some fantastic capabilities, he can draw nearly anything from memory no matter how detailed. Initially, Wiltshire struggled as a mute, his teachers at Queensmill School took notice of this and forced him to speak by taking away his beloved art supplies. This act was met with much resistants on behalf of Wiltshire and he started to produced sounds of disgruntlement. Eventually he uttered his first word “paper” in request of his art supplies. He then began speaking normally at the age of 9. His drawings usually contained depictions of animals and cars, however as he grew older he began drawing famous London architectural landmarks, eventually he progressed to drawing fantastical cityscapes. To the delight of his teachers Wiltshire began using his art to communicate with the outside world. Now Merely overcoming part of his disability should warrant Wiltshire superhero status, however, there’s more to it. Wiltshire’s memory was impeccable, no amount of detail was too much. In addition, that his memory was also infallible, a winning combination. When Wiltshire needs to draw something is to merely look at it once. This superpower has allowed him to draw entire cities after brief helicopter rides. His panoramas began with London architectural scenes, he then drew a 19 foot long panorama of a 305 square miles slice of New York city after viewing the city once in a 20 minutes helicopter ride. In may 2005 Wiltshire produced his largest piece, a 10m long panorama of Tokyo’s skyline in 7 days, again via the same formula, a helicopter ride and then multiple drawing sessions. His talent has taken him to Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai and Jerusalem. In Rome his infallibility was apparent when he managed to draw the exact number of columns of the pantheon. Now that may not seem too impressive, however, given that the pantheon is just one building of several thousand being capable of remembering something as minute as the number of columns is gives him a definitive edge against most people drawing panoramas.
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Wiltshire achieved superstar status with his work breaking auction records in Bermuda National Gallery. In 2011 his memory-panorama of New York was used to decorate John F Kennedy International Airport as part of a global advertising campaign by a Swiss bank. 
 Wiltshire could have remained a mute, highly talented autistic individual with limited expression had his teachers not noticed his potential. This is clear evidence that everyone of us has the ability to excel, even those of us who may look initially impaired. Most of us may never be as good as Wilshire, however, that should not prevent us from excelling.
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HYPNOSIS Science Or Pseudoscience? Hypnosis is one of many controversial topics that causes confusion to people if it's Science or Pseudoscience and of course, the true answer will be determined according to that it's based on facts. Hypnosis is the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behavior According to Andrew Dobson's article "Is Hypnosis Science? Or Pseudoscience" the claims that are made that allow the hypnosis to use scientific methods are not true as the lack supporting evidence or plausibility, and they lack a description of how Hypnosis might create this claim and It also can't tested. 3by just listening to the illusionist and concentrating on all the senses of your body that allows you to be sedated because you just want to be in that state which makes Hypnosis unreal in terms of Science. Maybe, Hypnosis can be measurable as it leads to certain steps in changing in the activity of the brain and how it is lead to being hypnotized. However, no one really knows how this process is really done according to these kinds of illusions as they aren't supported by authentic facts and is presented as a scientific claim, but in fact it is not.
http://www.mindfithypnosis.com/is-hypnosis-science Andrew Dobson
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THE CALCULATOR Whats two hundred and thirty seven by… He Already Got it. One natural superpower we all wish we had during finals is an infallible powerful memory which Daniel Temmet happens to have. Also Temmet has the ability to solve the most unimaginably difficult equa?ons in seconds, so brains and memory, a spectacular combina?on! Temmet is also described as a "Savant" meaning that he demonstrates abili?es that far exceed that of a normal person. According to Dr Allan Snyder, the humans of the world can gain a savant's extraordinary ability, but intense training is needed. Temmet on the other hand naturally has extraordinary capabili?es at his immediate disposal. Temmet can remember so nearly everythin he experiences, so much so that he picked up numerous languages such as French, German, Spanish, etc.. He’s so good, he can even create dhis own language. Addi?onally, one of the most unbelievable things that Temmet has done was breaking the record for recalling Pi, the mathema?cal constant, to the furthest decimal point. Temmet claims that he doesn't count the digits, he sees it as a film that rolls infront of him as a visual concept and that he should men?on each and single scene that is presented infront of him. Finally, he succeeded in men?oning as many decimal points as he can for five hours infront of an adjudicator and all the digits turned out to be correct. Temmet managed to recount a spectacular 22,514 decimal places. The greatest thing about Temmet is that he uses this ability in good science and his objec?ve is that he would benefit as much people as he can. He set up his own business at his home by wri?ng email courses in language learning for private costumers as he prefers to not interact with anybody personally and he even provides verb structures for his made up language “Man?” Article By Karim Rizkallah
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References: hVp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/feb/12/weekend7.weekend2 Richard Johnso
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INVINCIBLE WOMAN No Pain, No Chromosome 6.   Humans normally have 46 chromosomes in each cell, divided into 23 pairs. In hence, there exist two copies of chromosome 6, one copy inherited from each parent, form one of the pairs. Chromosome 6 spans about 171 million DNA building blocks (base pairs) and represents between 5.5 and 6 percent of the total DNA in cells. Chromosome 6 likely contains 1,000 to 1,100 genes that provide instructions for making proteins. These proteins perform a variety of different roles in the body. A chromosome 6 deletion is a rare disorder in which some of the genetic material that makes up one of the body's 46 chromosomes specifically chromosome 6 in this case is missing. Chromosome 6 deletions usually lead to bad health conditions such as: Eye problems Speech delay due to hearing loss Bad heart conditions Developmental delay
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Olivia F. was diagnosed to have a chromosome 6 deletion. Tough it is estimated that there are about 100
people in the world with the chromosome 6 deletion of the type that Olivia has, doctors believe that she may be the only person in the world to exhibit all three symptoms of not feeling hunger, fatigue or pain. Olivia F. the girl who doesn’t feel pain, hunger, or sleepiness: She can stay awake for three nights. Olivia stopped taking naps during the day when she was nine months old, a time when most children still need lots of sleep She doesn't ever feel hungry and needs to be forced by her mother to eat. An incredibly picky eater, she survived on butter sandwiches for an entire year. She was involved in a car accident in which she was run over by a car
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and dragged for 10 car lengths. This left her with a tire mark on her chest, and no skin on her toe and hip. But the 7 year old didn't even flinch, having gotten up right after the car stopped and walked to her mother as if nothing had happened.
To put it in a nutshell, the consequences of chromosome 6 deletions are randomly determined by one’s genetic fortune or misfortune. In rare cases, it may lead to abilities such as in Olivia’s case. However, thought it may sound cool not to feel pain, hunger, and being able not to sleep for a long time, such abilities may lead one to damage his own organism without noticing as there is no pain signals delivered to the brain. In hence, this leaves us with the open question: is a chromosome 6 deletion a blessing or a curse?
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References US National Library of Medicine , chromosome 6, 3 May 2016: https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome/6#conditions 6 p Deletions: http://www.rarechromo.org/information/Chromosome%20%206/6p%20deletions %20QFN.pdf What are some examples of people who possess extraordinary human abilities?: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-examples-of-people-who-possessextraordinary-human-abilities
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TELEKINESIS Extra-sensory perception: the heart of pseudoscience Telepathy is a form of extra-sensory perception in which information is transmitted from a person to another by other means than the normal human sensory channels.
Clairvoyance is the superpower ability of gaining information about an object, a location, or a person using a form of nonphysical energy. Clairvoyance includes an ability to communicate with dead people, to predict future events, or to know about things that one didn’t actually see happen or hear about. Precognition is a category of clairvoyance. It is the ability to see future events through extra-sensory perception. Jean Dixon is the well renown for having this ability.
Remote viewing, regarded as a pseudoscience, is a supposed paranormal ability by which a person can gather information about a distant unseen target using extra-sensory perception or mind sensation.
Telekinesis is the super ability of moving object using only the mind without any physical interference between the person and the moved object. Uri Geller is one of the most famous people known to develop this ability nowadays.
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Dowsing, considered as a pseudoscience, is a type of divination employed to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other objects and materials without the use of scientiGic apparatus. A Y- or L-shaped twig or rod, called a dowsing rod, divining is used during dowsing. All these types of extra-sensory perception are not proved scientiGically and are regarded as pseudoscience by the scientiGic community. Although, the existence of extra-sensory perception is still a controversial issue, personally, I don’t believe in their existence, as they cannot be scientiGically tested. A lot of people proGit of the fact that these paranormal activities are not scientiGically testable. In fact, people pretend to have extra-sensory perception relying on visual and mind tricks. In reality, all the mentioned types of extra sensory perceptions are nothing else than pseudoscience. They all have a science part related to biology (telepathy, remote viewing, clairvoyance), physics (telekinesis), or astronomy in the case of astrology, yet, their main concepts have nothing to do with science as they are not testable. References Is ESP for Real?, January 21st 2016: http://www.hidingthetruth.com/is-esp-forreal/
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References
The Readings’ approach to ESP and Psychic Phenomena: http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/edgarcayce.aspx?id=2496
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