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Originally Posted by ottopilot
None of us can say with any certainty what happens to us spiritually when we die. I believe similar knowledge is lacking regarding our spiritual and intellectual capability prior to birth. Some believe we possess perfect spiritual innocence and knowledge at birth, and that we gradually lose our ability to utilize this knowledge by environmental, emotional, and social life-experiences.
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Some believe the world rides on the back of a giant tortoise. Believing something does not make it true, or even likely.
We can, however, make firm statements regarding the physiological development of new human beings. We know roughly when and how language abilities develop in children. We have a pretty good idea what part of the brain is responsible for this, even. And we know that if that part of the brain is damaged or destroyed (or in the this case, not yet developed) speech is impossible. We also know that newborn children do not possess the cognitive capability to understand such abstract concepts as names and identities. It seems highly unlikely to me that an unborn child should possess abilities and knowledge a newborn does not.
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Originally Posted by ottopilot
Another aspect could be that all people are just not created equal. For some that are born with multiple genitalia, there are those who are born with none (did I really say that?)... so shouldn't anomalies in the spectrum of physiological or neurological characteristics allow for the possibility of "psychic" abilities? Could some of us be transmitters and receivers? There are people who have claimed to be able to pick up radio stations in tooth fillings or in subcutaneous implants like a steel plate in their skull. If we aren't aware of the transmissions, or if our mechanism is incompatible with the waveforms and frequencies around us, then why would we assume that communication is taking place? Like in "Horton Hears a Who"
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Which is all well and good, except that it runs contrary to all the information we have on the subject. It is theoretically possible for tooth fillings to pick up a radio transmission. I've never heard a confirmed case of this anyway, but regardless, the science is there. There is no scientific evidence of psychic abilities, and people have been looking. Numerous studies have been performed; the CIA even did their own investigation on remote viewing that spanned twenty years. In all of this, not only was there no evidence of any such mechanism for communicating, there was also no evidence that anybody actually possessed the abilities claimed.