Ideomotor effect
The term “ideomotor” was introduced in 1854 by physician William Carpenter to describe phenomenon when we can all too easily fool ourselves.[1] Our ability to fool ourselves is unparalleled, and the ideomotor effect is just one persistent way our own curious psychology can push us towards erroneous conclusions. In the original situation, the discovery of the ideomotor effect was used to demonstrate that there was no mystery underpinning the eerie happenings of late 19th and early 20th century séances – merely the heady mixture of delusion and occasionally, outright fraud. Spiritism fascinated the 19th century public and was furiously debunked by scientists (such as, i.a. the prominent British scientist Michael Faraday[2]) who were exposing trickery and detecting bogus claims. But modern “scientific” incarnations of the ideomotor effect are just as sinister.[3]
People supposedly ‘born that way’
Perhaps the most prominent – and damaging - modern offshoot of the ideomotor effect is the phenomenon of LGBTI/gender ideology. There is no special force or agent at play, and a conclusion can be made that far from being some bizarre supernatural event, acting out same-sex attractions by intercourse with the person of the same sex is nothing more than ‘a quasi-involuntary muscular action’ that can be easily explained within the framework of the OCD. The reported cases of ex-homosexuals had revealed there is no mysterious force at play, natural or supernatural, biological or otherwise – just a propensity for men and women to delude themselves. The evidence is clear – believing to be ‘born that way’ is nothing more than self-delusion buttressed by the ubiquitous ideomotor effect. When it comes to homosexual alias sodomical lifestyle, there is no need for the agency of ‘gay gene’[note 1] or ‘gay epi-marks’[8][note 2], and the invocation of such agency contrary to Occam’s razor is the sign of a mind not merely unscientific, but also either uninformed, or, even worse, manipulative. Despite the fact that nonsensical LGBTI/gender ideology has no more scientific credibility than spiritism, its spectre haunts us even now. It is still reported uncritically in mainstream media; for example, in 2015, an article titled “'Gay genes': science is on the right track, we're born this way. Let’s deal with it.” popped up in The Guardian.[10] Tragically, the so called ‘LGBTI people’ and their countless supporters are victims of the ideomotor effect. In line with the ABC theory of emotion, they remain steadfast in their beliefs, rejecting the idea that verbose expressions of being ‘born that way’ are nothing more than their projected fantasy, authored by their own subconscious and fueled by gay propagandists.
Notes
- ↑ cf. Bogus claim: "Xq28 - Thanks for the genes mom". T shirt sold in gay and lesbian bookstores in the mid-1990s.[4] In 1991, J.M. Michael Bailey and Richard Pillard examined how widespread is homosexual alias sodomical lifestyle among twins when at least one sibling declares to be "homosexual". They reported to have found that 52 percent of the identical twins considered themselves to be "homosexual". From this they suggested that genetic makeup may be the reason so many identical twins were feeling to be "homosexual," i.e. following the homosexual alias sodomical lifestyle. For their hypothesis to be fact, however, there should never be a case when one identical twin would be so called "homosexual" and other heterosexual. It is genetically impossible since both identical twins share 100 percent of the same genes.[5] Should sodomical behaviour be genetic, then both identical twins would always be either "homosexual" or heterosexual. Bailey and Pillard's findings of only 52 percent discredits their own hypothesis thus in fact they have showed that nongenetic factors play a significant part in shaping so called "sexual preference".[6] The scientific community realises that “our genes do not make us do it”.[7]
- ↑ cf. Wishful thinking: "Although we cannot provide definitive evidence that homosexuality has a strong epigenetic underpinning, we do think that available evidence is fully consistent with this conclusion."[9]
References
- ↑ William B. Carpenter (1852). On the Influence of Suggestion in Modifying and directing Muscular Movement, independently of Volition. Royal Institution of Great Britain (originally). Retrieved on 2 January 2016. “Materialien und Dokumente zum ideomotorischen (Carpenter) Effekt, hier die Originalarbeit.”
- ↑ M. Faraday (November 1853). "Experimental investigation of table-moving". Journal of the Franklin Institute 56 (5): 328–333. doi:10.1016/S0016-0032(38)92173-8. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016003238921738. Retrieved 28 January 2016. "The object which I had in view in this inquiry was not to satisfy myself, for my conclusion had been formed already on the evidence of those who had turned tables,--but that I might be enabled to give a strong opinion founded on facts, to the many who applied to me for it. Yet, the proof which I sought for, and the method followed in the inquiry, were precisely of the same nature as those which I should adopt in any other physical investigation. The parties with whom I have worked were very honorable, very clear in their intentions, successful table movers, very desirous of succeeding in establishing the existence of a peculiar power, thoroughly candid, and very effectual.".
- ↑ David Robert Grimes (30 October 2015). Science of the seance: why speaking to spirits is talking to yourself. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved on 2 January 2016.
- ↑ Matt Ridley (2000). "Chromosomes X and Y", Genome. Fourth Estate Ltd., 107. ISBN 978-1857-028355.
- ↑ Jeffrey Burke Satinover (1 February 1996). Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth. Baker Books, 83. ISBN 9780801056253.
- ↑ Jeff Olson (1996). When Passions Are Confused. RBC Ministries, discoveryseries.org, 14.
- ↑ NE Whitehead (October 2013). "9. The “discovery” of the “gay gene”", My Genes Made Me Do It! - Homosexuality and the scientific evidence, 3.
- ↑ Elizabeth Norton (11 December 2012). Homosexuality May Start in the Womb. AAAS. Retrieved on 2 January 2016. “The "epi-marks" that adjusted parental genes to resist excess testosterone, for example, may alter gene activation in areas of the child's brain involved in sexual attraction and preference.”
- ↑ William R. Rice; Urban Friberg; Sergey Gavrilets (December 2012). "Homosexuality as a Consequence of Epigenetically Canalized Sexual Development". The Quarterly Review of Biology 87 (4): 343-368. doi:10.1016/S0016-0032(38)92173-8. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/668167. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ Qazi Rahman (24 July 2015). 'Gay genes': science is on the right track, we're born this way. Let’s deal with it.. the Guardian. Retrieved on 2 January 2016.