Sunday, November 14, 2010

Are we psychic?


For many years, people have considered the possiblity that humans are psychic at least to some extent. In one paper written by a Cornell psychology professor, he propose the ideas that humans have a precognitive, or psychic, ability. However, he believes this ability only allows a for a marginal improvement over chance, improving odds from 50 percent to somewhere between 51.7 and 53 percent.

A proposal is a type of writing in which a problem is presented followed by a potential solution to the problem. In the paper written by the psychology professor, although it is not a typical proposal, it does provide an answer, or solution, to the question of whether or not people have some sort of psychic ability.

This case exemplifies how common a proposal style of writing is. In modern writing in the workplace as well as in other cases, it is very common for a report or paper to attempt to solve a problem. Whether that problem is not knowing the answer to a question such as if humans are psychic or if it is a solution to how reduce harm to the environment, proposals are extremely useful and increasingly common in today's real world workplace scenarios.

Is precognition real? Are the results of the experiment possible to reproduce? These are questions that the psychology professor is aiming to solve. Just like any normal proposal, he aims to give a solution to the question that people have asked for many years.

In conclusion, proposals act as a very important method of writing that convey ideas and potential solutions. Over time, more and more proposals will be created in attempt to solve many more problems. Hopefully, over time we will no longer have to wonder about solutions to many problems. That way, we will no longer have to ask one lingering question. Are we psychic?

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