The trouble with telekinesis

Since I was young, I have really wanted to be able to move and manipulate inaimate object with my mind. I have read about it, and it seems entirely possible. The first thing you have to do is concentrate on the object with all your mind, like a focused meditation. This is where I always falter. I sit and stare at the object, concentrating on its weight, texture, and other physical chracteristics for who knows how long. Then I end up becoming enamoured with the object and just want to hold it in my hands rather than stare at it. C'est la vie.

But then, who is to say that one reallt needs to be able to manuipulate thir world with their mind? The goal, I think, is to be able to controll things without actuall having to exert any effort. The same thing can be accomplished by keeping a close group of completely obidient servants or trained monkeys around. They could open your coke can for you or unlock the door or whatever you need. But then you'd be impinging on their personal liberty. And I'm not cool with that.

And there is the argument that your arms are controlled by your mind so whenever you move anything it is a form of telekinesis. But that is for quitters and philosophers.

A nihilist would say that it does not matter if you can knock over the glass, because it and you will both end eventually anyway and your existance really does not have anything to do with the glass's.

Existentialists would say that you do not need to move the glass because you already have, and it has move you. You and the glass are an extension of the same body and represent through time every part of that body. So by moving yourself, you are moving the glass.

And J.R.R. Tolkien would write a very long description of the glass and people would put it on a T Shirt.

So, how are you crazy?

There are 1000 ways to die in winter and

Eskimos have 50 words for snow and
only 10 of them refer to death.