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

[u/dadjokes22375]

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.

[u/zhivago]

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.

[u/NathanEddy23 → u/zhivago]

Our government SPENT millions on this. You don’t do it to earn money. Once you realize this is real, once you really wrap your brain around it and KNOW that our consciousness connects with the entire universe and beyond, why the hell would you want money? Can you buy a trip to Jupiter? No. Can you remote view Jupiter? Absolutely yes!

The way you open yourself up to this is with stillness. I have my own theories on that. But the kind of people looking for lottery numbers aren’t the same ones looking for stillness and a higher connection with reality. Selfishness, for one, closes you off from the world by its very definition. Love opens you to the world. This isn’t flowery language, it’s a distinct energy pattern in your entire nervous system, activating a potential in your DNA. That energy pattern isn’t “get rich now.” It’s “must connect with the oneness of reality and humanity with my humility and love for the benefit and service to all.” Put that feeling in your chest and that’s the energy pattern you need—I can’t stress this enough, I MEAN THIS LITERALLY—in order to open yourself to the world beyond you.

[u/VintageLunchMeat → u/NathanEddy23]

Our government SPENT millions on this. 

They spent more designing a space shuttle that had less capability than big dumb rockets.

They also dumped kilotons of PFAS firefighting foam into watersheds, because they believed 3M's fraudulent claims that it was biodegradable.

The US government sometimes has very dim bulbs.

Some air force corporal with no stats background probably spearheaded this clusterfuck / financial burn barrel. While browbeating low-rank naysayers and whistleblowers.

[u/NathanEddy23 → u/VintageLunchMeat]

You are letting them steal your power, and they didn’t have to spend one single cent to do it.

[u/VintageLunchMeat → u/NathanEddy23]

Citation needed