@PIXEL – Isn’t it interesting how, ever since we’ve had the tools and knowledge to record, test and verify claims of the supernatural, those claims either seem to be rapidly disappearing or defining themselves as somehow outside the bounds of experiments?
I don’t dismiss Telekinesis and other “Paranormal Phenomenon” because I don’t understand them. I dismiss them because there’s really no reason to believe they exist other than rumors and hearsay. Also – according to your definition, Buddhist monks have a higher chance of performing Telekinesis, and yet (as far as I know) they have never claimed to be able to do so. Why would this be?
Finally – you cite Chris Angel, and yet despite his professed ability, he has never once allowed himself to be tested scientifically. Why is this? Could it be because he knows he would fail such a test, just as every single person who has ever claimed to have paranormal abilities and who has agreed to have them tested has?
It’s not a matter of having an open mind. I and the rest of the scientific community are more than willing to consider and take seriously new evidence and information as it arises. But accounts of Telekinesis are not evidence. They are rumors and tall tales, most of which come from highly suggestible people and which have been either completely fabricated, misremembered, or exaggerated.
I’m perfectly willing to believe it’s possible. As niki said, it’s very hard to prove anything is impossible. But I won’t view it as seriously probably until the mystics can actually come up with something real to substantiate their claims. But as they’ve had the whole of the scientific revolution to do it, and we have yet to see anything, I’m not holding my breath.