dustyskipper3 said:In this morning's paper, I was reading about how scientists Dr. Saša Ceci and Dr. Dario Hrupec from the Roger Bošković Institute are challenging Dr. Davor Pavuna’s claim that "judge Zlatko can levitate according to the laws of physics," and his suggestion that he might "soon, much like Jesus, pass through walls."
Regarding judge Zlatko’s perception of reality, Dr. Hrupec—speaking as someone who views him as a charismatic and passionate believer—noted: "That is his reality, and the reality of his followers. In his own mind, he is levitating, existing here and there simultaneously. We skeptics, perhaps, cannot perceive this, but then again, who are we to blame if our minds aren't quite as open?"
Pavuna, however, counters by saying that "science is merely the poetry of living nature’s creation." When addressing testimonies of levitation and descriptions of similar paranormal events, he suggests that "Nikola Tesla understood this perfectly, as did Roger Bošković, each within the context of their own era."
As for the actual physics, I suppose there are some explanations floating around the internet. Some mention the example of Paramahansa Yogananda, who reportedly witnessed the bilocation of his teacher, a family friend and yogi named Swami Pranabananda.
The discovery of "biophotons"—this coherent light, almost like a laser, stored in and emitted by all living cells—suggests that quantum states of coherent photons at a macro level could produce resonant, collective wave effects, such as telepathy or even teleportation. Swanson mentions that the human body could be viewed as a "quantum system, with a set of quantum states vibrating together." Essentially, the human body might function as a coherent oscillatory system where every electron synchronizes with the others in a shared phase, mutually stimulating one another to vibrate. When the human body builds up a reservoir of coherent energy that takes on a spatial pattern, it increases the probability that such a structure or pattern will manifest in real life. This power of coherence and synchronization might allow for extraordinary phenomena, like people being able to teleport or exist in two places at once.
So, I guess a theoretical basis for this kind of thinking does actually exist. But it makes me wonder... why would people even want to bilocate in the first place? For telepathy or teleportation, the reason seems obvious—it saves time and makes communication or travel more efficient. But bilocation, from what I understand, happens when someone has an intense, overwhelming desire to be somewhere else. Maybe they want to be with a loved one to help them or just to see them, but they are physically stuck elsewhere due to their location or perhaps certain obligations and duties that prevent them from traveling. In that case, maybe that intense feeling creates this coherence and synchronization—this resonant quantum effect. It's as if the electron vibration triggered by that initial feeling somehow transfers via resonance to every single electron in every cell of the body, allowing the person to be in two different places at once.
😍What do you all think about that?
I actually read a column by this Dr. Hrupec in The New York Times just a couple of weeks ago. Honestly, I haven't encountered this much sheer backwardness in quite some time.
He brags about his "critical thinking," but to me, his reasoning feels entirely unscientific—he clearly rejects certain ideas outright simply because they don't fit his personal worldview. That kind of behavior is fundamentally incompatible with science; in fact, it’s the opposite of science and serves only to stall scientific progress for centuries.
I’d much rather see a scientist make an honest mistake during research than see them reflexively dismiss any phenomenon that deviates even slightly from their established paradigm...
The truly great scientists were never like that—if they had been, they never would have discovered anything at all...
Personally, I find his blog to be pretty low-quality, and I honestly don't understand why he's given a platform at all. (I certainly won't be reading him anymore—I really don't see the point...) But hey, I suppose that's just how things work in a smaller country.
I genuinely wonder how these people will handle themselves—what they'll say or do (or if they'll just try to lay low)—when the things they mocked and insisted were impossible finally start being proven true. History always repeats itself, but someone blinded by their own perceived omniscience fails to notice. With him, you don't see any sign of him doubting what he thinks he knows (which should be the hallmark of any true thinker...) It would be fine if they just admitted when they were wrong, but I highly doubt that will happen.
Anyway.
Beyond that, I didn't appreciate how he was throwing accusations at others (Pavuna, if I recall correctly, or perhaps Paar) in that blog post—calling them arrogant or egotistical. From every single article he writes, it's blatantly obvious that he suffers from those exact same flaws—if not to a greater degree, then at least equally. So, it isn't right, purely on a human level, and it shows the man isn't self-aware regarding his own shortcomings.
Moving on from the topic, it seems fairly clear to me—and I have a decent grasp of how this works—that things like levitation and bilocation are possible... just as much as telekinesis, telepathy, materialization, and so on. There is a mountain of documented cases and testimonies, not to mention scientific research involving things like zero-point fields that support these phenomena.
As for Zlatko sudac, I can't speak to his levitation or bilocation (I know for a fact he had authentic stigmata, but many people do. In fact, a friend of mine is heading to Damascus, Syria, on my recommendation to visit a woman there who also possesses authentic stigmata—they appear every Good Friday, year after year, and she is a very famous and successful healer...) so, regarding Zlatko sudac's levitation and bilocation, I don't know; perhaps it happened spontaneously once early on when he first had the stigmata, but I seriously doubt he has those abilities under conscious control or displays them frequently.
A person would need to be
much more balanced to consciously wield such abilities.
As far as I know, even Francis of Assisi didn't command his levitation...
With Jesus, it's a different story...