Precognition or Psychokinesis?

Sunday November 30, 1997

I was about two minutes into my evening shower when I found myself imagining what it would be like to try to shower in the dark if my bathroom light went out. My bathroom has no windows. I wondered why I was imagining such a thing, because I had only replaced the long fluorescent bulb over the sinks once since 1983. The first bulb had lasted ten years after I moved in, and it may have been several years old when I moved in. The new bulb was only about four years old. Then I imagined the light going out due to some reason other than a burned-out bulb. I forced myself to stop such a seemingly-pointless train of thought. I began thinking about something else. Then the light went out! After a moment of adjustment I could barely see from some reflected light coming into the bathroom down the hall from the bedroom. I finished my shower in near blackness.

I couldn't tell if I precognitively knew the light would go out or if I psychokinetically made the light go out by imagining the light going out.

Later, I tried to fix the light. I unplugged the long fluorescent bulb, wiggled the fixture, sprayed WD-40 into the two bulb sockets, and plugged the bulb back in. It worked.


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