The Things Kids Talk About...
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Spoke to a mate at work about this and he was talking about Epigenetics - the study of inherited changes in gene expression…changes that are inherited, but they are not inherent to our DNA. For instance, life experiences, which aren’t directly coded in human DNA, can actually be passed on to children.
There was a study on Rats where they gave a rat a shock, thus creating a fear of it, and this fear was passed down to its children and children's children.
I think that theory makes the most sense if we do believe the kids are remembering something. Apparently it was much stronger in Neanderthals then it is in Homo Sapiens. And most of the reported cases of this has been within the family - I.E. the child remembering a previous family member.
Food for thought...
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I'm not saying you should be worried, but i probably wouldn't let him ride his bike in the house
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@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Oh no not creepy at all...
The atheist in me puts it all down to his imagination. But about 2% of me wonders if there's something more to it...
That would make a great headline:
"Militant atheist finds religion due to reincarnated son"
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Oh no not creepy at all...
The atheist in me puts it all down to his imagination. But about 2% of me wonders if there's something more to it...
That would make a great headline:
"Militant atheist finds religion due to reincarnated son"
Perhaps he could be Mohammed reincarnated and tell all the Muslim crazies out there that they got it all wrong
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@canefan tell them I was talking about Raisins!
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@Virgil @No-Quarter Both my kids are adamant our house is haunted and both claim to have see "the Ghost" several times. They separately describe something similar to each other but of course I would not rule out previous collusion. I've seen fuck all and don't give this sort of thing much credence. However I do not like going into my office building during the night or at weekends due to creepiness. It is converted from a Victorian city hospital. Our offices are in the last chance saloon ward, next to the morgue.
The barristers out the back are in the old STD clinic
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@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Spoke to a mate at work about this and he was talking about Epigenetics - the study of inherited changes in gene expression…changes that are inherited, but they are not inherent to our DNA. For instance, life experiences, which aren’t directly coded in human DNA, can actually be passed on to children.
There was a study on Rats where they gave a rat a shock, thus creating a fear of it, and this fear was passed down to its children and children's children.
I think that theory makes the most sense if we do believe the kids are remembering something. Apparently it was much stronger in Neanderthals then it is in Homo Sapiens. And most of the reported cases of this has been within the family - I.E. the child remembering a previous family member.
Food for thought...
Possibly not a lot different to instinctive behaviors in animals. Certain things get passed on that can't be put down to physiology.
We used to have a gun dog of a certain breed that was quite unique and worked in a unique way (they are flushers). One day we took him out with a pack of others of the same breed and the breeder showed us how they worked. Not a single command was needed but these dogs organised themselves and spread out into a line the moved forward through the undergrowth. A pheasant was flushed and the gun was fired. All the dogs came back and lined up next to the 'leader' who then went out to retrieve.
I have no clue if that is some kind of hard coded genetics or a passed on memory but it was freaky to watch. -
Oh and @No-Quarter I wouldn't be too concerned until it reaches this stage
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this is when you should get worried...
don't you love the Fern
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@Catogrande said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@Virgil @No-Quarter Both my kids are adamant our house is haunted and both claim to have see "the Ghost" several times. They separately describe something similar to each other but of course I would not rule out previous collusion. I've seen fuck all and don't give this sort of thing much credence. However I do not like going into my office building during the night or at weekends due to creepiness. It is converted from a Victorian city hospital. Our offices are in the last chance saloon ward, next to the morgue.
The barristers out the back are in the old STD clinic
I have no doubt both your house and your work are haunted. So many old buildings with shady pasts in England. When I was about 8, and my brother 5, we stayed with our Grandparents in Camberley for a couple of nights. Both nights at about 2AM the door to our bedroom started shaking violently, as if there was someone on the other side shaking it. Lasted for a few minutes then stopped. Needless to say we were scared out of our minds and never wanted to stay there again.
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When I was 10 I was staying at a friends place and I woke in the morning (probably a little after dawn) to see my mates mum on her knees praying looking out the bedroom window which had its curtains open. I thought this was super strange since they weren't religious, it was then that I noticed her clothing was super olden day and that it wasn't in fact my mates mum. She kind of started turning her head towards me and then sort of disappeared in front of me. I hid under the blankets fully freaked out. When I eventually came out there was no sign of her.
Of course now I put it down to early morning groggyness and maybe early morning light coming through the window tricking my brain. Back then though I slept for a full week with my light on.
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Yea, i also had a mate whose mum i used to imagine on her knees in my bedroom. Sadly that also never happened...
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@mariner4life said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Yea, i also had a mate whose mum i used to imagine on her knees in my bedroom. Sadly that also never happened...
MILF
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@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@Catogrande said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@Virgil @No-Quarter Both my kids are adamant our house is haunted and both claim to have see "the Ghost" several times. They separately describe something similar to each other but of course I would not rule out previous collusion. I've seen fuck all and don't give this sort of thing much credence. However I do not like going into my office building during the night or at weekends due to creepiness. It is converted from a Victorian city hospital. Our offices are in the last chance saloon ward, next to the morgue.
The barristers out the back are in the old STD clinic
I have no doubt both your house and your work are haunted. So many old buildings with shady pasts in England. When I was about 8, and my brother 5, we stayed with our Grandparents in Camberley for a couple of nights. Both nights at about 2AM the door to our bedroom started shaking violently, as if there was someone on the other side shaking it. Lasted for a few minutes then stopped. Needless to say we were scared out of our minds and never wanted to stay there again.
Fark me. I couldn't handle that shit. I used to get shocking nightmares when I was about that age. If I'd experienced that I would have turned out like this guy:
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So I think we're all in agreement. Religion is still complete bullshit but Ghosts absolutely do exist, and sometimes kids either see them or are possessed by them. Glad we've got this cleared up.
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@No-Quarter also there is the distinct possibility your house is built on some sort of ancient burial ground
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I have had something lock me in a room, from the side I was on when I was only one in the room more than once (in an old school house that has since been demolished) and have also seen a UFO...the former, has happened to other people, the latter, me and 3 mates saw it, and we were all sober...we all tried to explain each away, with no real plausible answers (although I find it easier to believe in UFO's than the former....)
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