Secret/Ouija treachery: everybody can be when Xian-Xian, mental game-IT information

Prior to that, was popular in China called "immortal" psychic games. According to the game introduction, will be attached to the pen, and then drive myself up, write down the answers to your question. More recently, a similar game also fire up in social networks abroad.

"Charlie, Charlie, do you? "Very hot on this mundane questions from the network's new" call evil "game. The so-called "chalichali" (Charlie Charlie Challenge) is actually based on pseudoscience--known as summon an evil spirit from another world.

However, one expert said, behind the game there is a real and powerful "force".

Chalichali challenge of play are as follows: Player a horizontal pencil balanced on top of a vertical pencil (to form a cross). Two pencils on the pad at the bottom of a piece of paper that is divided into four regions, two areas marked "Yes", on the other two areas marked "no".

Then, the player by asking "chalichali you" to summon evil spirits "Charlie" and play with them. If Charlie good mood, is said to be the top of the pencil begins to turn and ended up in "Yes".

The next player can ask Charlie can use Yes or no questions to answer, and wait for the pencil moving again. (In fact, is. ）

Chalichali challenge game

Greatest gravity

So what makes a spontaneous movement of the pencil? Only one of the most powerful forces on Earth, gravity, can do. To balance on top of another object, and must be in the exact Center of gravity of the former over the latter.

Chalichali challenge, players need to be stacked together two long cylindrical objects, these objects will scroll is not easy to keep balance.

Abnormal psychology research group at the University of London (Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit) leader kelisituofu·falanqi (Christopher French) says: "a pencil is a pencil balanced on the other will form a very unstable system, even very small over the air or breathing causes the pencil moves. ”

FRANKIE say whether summoning evil spirits placed the instability of the pencil moves, it turns the pencil moves do not necessarily require "demonic power".

Of course, in contrast with the atmosphere, such as lit candles in the middle of the room, pencil in case no one touch move may be a bit creepy.

But FRANKIE said, it's no different than actually follow the trend of blowing curtains moving.

Mind games

Objectively speaking, gravity is not the only force at work in the chalichali challenge, psychological implications can also be a powerful force.

In 2012, a study published in the journal psychological science, the latest Guide (Current Directions in Psychological Science) on the study found that people in a particular case will have specific expectations on things . In other words, in the case of hope that something will happen, people's thoughts and behaviors will help this expectation a reality.

Summoning evil spirits in the game, may be the player in the expectation of an answer, and so they could help bring about this result, such as breathing or gently waved a fan at the right time.

The idea is similar to FRANKIE's. FRANKIE has pointed out that many forms of divination games, such as the Ouija Board (on the player's fingers on the counter, indicators will be based on the questions in the game move) and the spirit (an old parlor game, put his hands on the table, waiting for the tables turned on their own), under the influence of subconscious behaviour of participants.

The Ouija board, the player's fingers on the on indicator, indicators will be based on the questions in the game itself on the move

FRANKIE says, the Ouija board, transfer the spirit and pendulums and dowsing behind the "magic", scientific ideas effect (ideomotor effect) to explain.

Thoughts effect (also known as Carpenter effect) first United Kingdom doctors and psychologists weilian·kabente (William Carpenter). He believes that when people play divination games, counter or table caused by involuntary muscle games movement. Ideas actions effect cannot fully explain the chalichali challenge, because the game players do not touch with your hands the pencil.

However, it and other divination games are very similar, have been by FRANKIE as "wishful thinking" (magical thinking) influence of faith, or believe an accident (such as rotation of the pencil) with no link or even fictitious forces (the ghost).

FRANKIE said, " divination in the game called ' answer ' may be ambiguous, but we are born with the ability to explore the meaning of things (even nothing), this will let them see sense, and believe it is manipulated by some form of intelligence . ”

Perhaps because of this innate ability to explore the meaning of things, someone claimed that they baking bread emerges out of the face of Jesus

FRANKIE thought, chalichali challenge is the perfect embodiment of wishful thinking, and this idea may play an important role in human evolution.

He said that human ancestors to see from events that cannot be explained "indications" may be of great significance, as these events may represent a real need to avoid threats, avoiding the cost of threat than that does not exist could not escape the real threat of much smaller cost.

FRANKIE said that modern people are often meaningless or unrelated events, unearthed a deeper meaning. This natural tendency is probably why so many people believe that answer really chalichali the challenge from some hope and their intelligent communication.