Die Fairy "Psychic"-Revealing the Mystery of the Taboo Game

Have you ever played horrible taboo games like Pen Xian and Die Xian? If not, you must have heard of it. It is said that these immortals and ghosts are invisible and have the ability to predict the future and the past. Some people think they are very effective, others think they are purely prank. In fact, these taboo games can be explained by scientific principles, there is nothing to fuss about. So, what the hell is Diixian ?

, ​​as the name implies, the dish fairy is the god on the dish. This is a metaphorical appellation, the god of yin and yang. When people use the saucer for divination, they find that the saucer will move by itself, answer questions, and be unpredictable. Because they don't know the reason, they are called the dish fairy. The

dish fairy is evolved from the gradual simplification of the ancient Chinese "helping" technology. The ancients gradually improved a method that is easy to repeat and reproduce, simple and effective in the practice of communicating with the dead: tying a wooden pen to a bamboo dustpan The operator holds the dustpan on both sides to establish a connection, and the "pen" will automatically write various information on the sand table. This is the "supporting" technology invented by the ancient Chinese.

has a history of 5,000 years in China and became popular in the United States in 1848. It is an easy-to-reproduce "divination" technique. Later, the Chinese replaced the dustpan with wooden pens with plates, and replaced the sand plates with dials, and Fu Ji was simplified and developed into today's "Please Die Xian". When

asked the dish fairy, everyone sat around the paper, and the dish was upside down and placed in an empty circle on the paper. Turn off all lights (you can light candles or turn off the lights). Then everyone tapped their fingers on the back of the dish, and one of them repeated in a low voice: "Please come out, please." It usually takes 3-15 minutes. If you see the dish on the paper gently start to move out of the circle, it means that the dish has come out. After that, you can ask some questions you want to know. The best questions to ask are simple yes and numbers. It is easier to communicate. Any question can be asked to Dixian. It will turn around and stay in your circle. On the answer, tell you the answer. If the dish does not respond within 10-30 minutes, a team of personnel should be replaced before the operation. It will take a long time to contact Die Immortal for the first time, ranging from half an hour to an hour, but if one of them has been in contact before, it will be faster to ask Die Immortal. After the dish is placed on the dish, the dish can still be moved by the force of the fingers.

At present, this strange way of divination has spread all over the world, especially when the night comes, many people put their fingers on a small plate, with excitement, curiosity and a certain degree of panic, anxiously summoned With the arrival of the "Dish Fairy", he drives the dish, wandering on the dial of various words, answering doubts or predicting luck. Before answering this question, let’s take a look at an experiment : first draw a circle with a diameter of 15 cm on paper, and draw two mutually perpendicular diameters inside the circle, and then a coin Paste a 30 cm long thread, pinch the thread with your hand to make the coin fall on the center of the circle. At this time, I repeated silently in my heart: "The coin swings from side to side, and from side to side." Remember, you must not shake your fingers at this time. However, the coin slowly began to swing from side to side. If the mind silently says "coin coin swings back and forth, swing back and forth" or "coin coin turns into circle, turns circle", the coin will also move according to the mind. [This is the famous "vibrator experiment", completed by Jabriel, director of the Natural History Museum in Paris, in 1850] The reason for this phenomenon is that what you think unconsciously drives your fingers to move, and This caused the coin to swing. Your thoughts are recorded in the subconscious mind of the brain. In order to realize this thought, the brain will automatically work. From Jabriel’s vibrator experiment, we can feel the power of self-suggestion possessed by human beings.

In fact, the "Dish Fairy" game, like the vibrator experiment, is a psychological game based on self-suggestion. Participants also unconsciously move the dish due to self-suggestion during the game.

What is "Evil"

The mysterious disc fairy game is said to be able to connect the world and the spirit world. Participants are often told to proceed cautiously-indeed, some people are insane because of this, in other words "Evil".

American philosopher Robert Carroll said that people are easily confused by some hints in divination activities. Many people will be confused by Die Immortal, and find that some of the incredible phenomena that Die Immortal shows are difficult to explain, and can only be attributed to evil spirits."Appearance".

But sometimes, people ask Dixian not to ask it to realize their beautiful wishes, but to express their inner fears, such as death, the "appearance" of Dixian will have a huge shock to the heart, and it can disrupt normal life in severe cases. . Carol suggested that these people should stay away from Dixian. "The so-called "appearance" message actually comes from our hearts."

Selectively accept the result of "Dish Xian"

Generally speaking, people can't perceive the world objectively, they only like to see what they like to watch, and only want to hear what they like to hear.

In the dish fairy game, participants will often have selective memories. He may not always be able to find meaning from the words pointed out by Die Xian, but they usually forget the words that are inaccurate or have little meaning to them, and only remember the words that are accurate, so they will feel the result of the game. satisfaction. Studies have found that people who accept pseudo-scientific personality tests and horoscope personality tests generally believe that the accuracy of the results exceeds 80%.

Skeptics believe that "appearance" is the result of the participants deliberately or unintentionally-the method of verification is very simple, as long as the participants are blindfolded and let others record the characters pushed out by the plate, these characters are usually found The combination has no meaning. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about the results of Dixian’s test, take it calmly, and selectively accept the test results.

Regardless of whether the disc fairy is scientific, or the so-called inner evil spirit is at work, the game can only be used as a reference, not the result. In our lives, there are many things that we will sway between several choices. I don’t know which one to choose. Some people say: "When you can’t choose, please respect your inner voice;" others say : "When the subconscious and consciousness conflict, the subconscious is always right." But the subconscious mind also follows our own feelings, which requires us to selectively accept, discard the negative and pessimistic, and accept the positive and optimistic. In fact, Die Immortal is the human subconscious mind.