Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Sports and Newtypes



I am a huge tennis fan, not to be confused with rabid, but still a huge fan. The sad news is that Martina Hingis just lost to Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-2, 4-6 in the Quarterfinals of the Australian Open. I was really rooting for the Swiss. Alas, it was not meant to be. I still hope she will do well in the future and win a Grad Slam in a year or two.

Anyway, I stray from the point to be made. In all spectator sports there are so many people watching, cheering, wishing, and hoping and so on. Is there really the possibility that a million people watching an event could some how telepathically or telekinetically influence the outcome? Just bear with me here. If humans do have the potential to evolve into, for a lack of better word, “Newtypes”, then shouldn’t we start seeing signs first in spectator sports? Maybe we already are. How many times have underdogs gone on to win, despite the odds, against stronger opponents. Could it be because of the tiny psychic energy of millions of humans was simultaneously directed towards influencing the outcome. I guess there is no science to verify this but it would be somewhat cool to believe that there is a remote possibility to this being true. After all, who doesn’t want to be a newtype?

No comments: