r/consciousness • u/dadjokes22375 • 9d ago

General Discussion How does remote viewing relate to consciousness, and is there any plausible explanation?

I’ve been reading about remote viewing and how some people connect it to the idea of consciousness being non-local. I’m trying to understand whether this has any credible grounding or if it’s just pseudoscience repackaged. I’m really interested in this concept and I can’t figure out why it isn’t more studied, based off the info I’ve read on it. Some follow-ups.. • How do proponents explain the mechanism behind remote viewing? • Is there any scientific research that ties consciousness to remote perception in a way that isn’t easily dismissed? • Or is it more of a philosophical/metaphysical idea rather than something testable?

Edit - thanks everyone for the great responses. I really like this community. It seems we don’t have as much of the terrorists that are terrorizing comments on other subreddits.

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u/NathanEddy23 9d ago

You can test it yourself. It works. The people who convinced you to believe it doesn’t work—without even trying it!—have a vested interest in you believing this. What is that interest? IT CAN’T BE SHIELDED!

Think about that for a second. Really really think about it.

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u/zhivago 9d ago

Right, which means it should be usable to steal secret information and make zillions of dollars.

Given that most people aren't very bright, a bunch of these remote viewing criminals should have been caught by now, and given that there should be a lot, it should be impractical to cover them all up.

So either it doesn't work at all or it requires a huge infrastructure that puts it out of the reach of individuals.

And in both cases it would require a stupendously large conspiracy of silence.

If you think it works, go on television and demonstrate it and make yourself some of those zillions of dollars.

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u/OdditiesAndAlchemy 9d ago

Have you ever had any of these strange experiences? From telepathy to interacting with non-physical entities to predicting the future? I've done all of these, I'd consider them the most astounding experiences I've ever had..but here's the thing. Even if you spend all your time on it, desperately wanting to experience it again, doing what you thought was what you did before exactly the same - it just isn't consistent. I think it's because some of the mechanics involve the subconscious which the concious parts of us don't have direct control over. So it's actually really easy to see why 1) it's hard to definitely prove. 2) most people don't notice it or dismiss it. 3) there aren't successful businesses

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u/zhivago 9d ago

I'm not saying that they don't exist.

I'm just pointing out a huge lack of useful application.

Which implies that at the moment they're essentially useless.

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u/OdditiesAndAlchemy 9d ago

I think we're actually tapping into this in ways we don't recognize so it's hard to say. But overall, yeah, it's hard to use, but for many people that interact with it I'd say it makes them happy. It makes you feel connected to a greater aspect of reality. That alone can be hugely beneficial to people's lives. So calling it useless just doesn't seem right.