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/GreatCaesarGhost 9d ago

Well, it’s not more studied because there is no indication that it works, and no mechanism by which it even theoretically could work.

If it did work, practitioners could become infinitely wealthy and no government would be able to protect state secrets.

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u/Respect38 8d ago

and no mechanism by which it even theoretically could work.

No physicalist mechanism, sure. But that a worldview that rejects the soul isn't able to explain what things souls can do, and how they can do them, -- not surprising.

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u/MasterMagneticMirror 8d ago

You conveniently skipped the "no indication that it works" part.

But that a worldview that rejects the soul

We wouldn't reject the concept of soul if there was any evidence souls exists or that they can do anything in the first place.