Fear of Impossible
- Kateryna Derkach
- Oct 18, 2024
- 4 min read
How much do you believe? How do you actually feel when the impossible becomes real? How far can you stretch your perception to co-create the impossible?
Fear is a fascinating topic. We all fear something. Sometimes we don’t even know why or how, but the fear runs deep regardless.
There are endless types of fears. Some believe that all fears are just variations of one: the fear of dying. But what if you are no longer afraid of death? Could you still experience fear then?
The truth is, yes, you can.
The main fear isn’t about death itself. It’s about uncertainty and the unknown. If you don’t understand what death is, you will fear it. But if you do, you won’t. You will love and honor it with the same respect you give to life. Yet, even when you're no longer afraid of dying, trust me, there may still be more things to fear. Once you experience the impossible becoming possible, the unknown becomes your master.
When the unknown is your master, everything becomes possible. And when I say everything, I mean it.
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What I’m discussing today isn’t about technology, at least not in the way we usually think of it. Everything technology can do, humans can do too—and more. So, I’m focusing on humans having superpowers and accomplishing the impossible.
We've seen science fiction turn into science reality repeatedly throughout history, especially in the last century. We’re becoming increasingly accustomed to the impossible. What our grandparents considered pure magic or science fiction is, for us, an everyday reality.
If, 30 years ago, I pulled a cell phone from my pocket in front of my grandparents and showed them what it could do, they would likely be confused, perhaps even frightened by the technology. They might not understand how it was possible, and that lack of understanding might terrify them.
Now, imagine if I didn’t even have a cell phone but instead used telepathy to communicate. Do you think they would be more or less scared in that scenario? Would they be more frightened by an object performing impossible tasks, or by a person possessing superhuman abilities?
What would scare you more? A machine doing the impossible or a human capable of things like telepathy, telekinesis, or teleportation? Think about it. Who would be more terrifying: a humanoid robot with AI doing impossible things, or an ordinary person you know demonstrating abilities beyond what we consider real or possible?
Are you more afraid of technology accessing your mind and deepest thoughts, or of realizing that there are humans around you who could access your thoughts at will with only their minds? A super-machine or a superhuman—what frightens you more?
What scenario gives you the most chills?
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Now, what are you ready to believe? Would you rather believe that technology will create nanorobots to magically heal cancer, or that humans can develop inner superpowers for self-regeneration and healing?
What do you want to believe, and what kind of reality do you want to live in?
The truth is, science has already proven that many of the abilities I’m talking about are possible, including full-body regeneration, the growth of new organs, and other powers that seem straight out of science fiction. Science even knows how to achieve these things. Many "impossible" feats have been accomplished by ordinary human minds like yours. Yet, for some reason, we seem even more afraid of considering these possibilities as real. Why?
When people access their authentic powers and can accomplish impossible things with their minds and bodies, why would they need technology? Why build machines or robots if we can already do more without external support?
How would the global economy or civilization change if everyone could regenerate their bodies, communicate via telepathy, or teleport across the globe?
If you could do all of this with your mind, and others could do it too, how would your life change? What would you do with your time, energy, and resources? Would you keep investing in technology and robots, or would you invest in human potential—in minds and bodies?
No more cars or airplanes. No more computers or cell phones. And yet, we’d still have access to all the benefits those technologies provide—communication and travel. Wouldn’t it be more fun and productive if we could do all of that using only our nervous system?
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Do you know why people are less afraid of powerful machines than they are of powerful humans?
Because humans have free will. Machines do not.
Humans are truly unlimited in their powers and capacities, while machines always have limits imposed by external authority. Even if you don’t know who or what, someone or something has control over a machine, and this is reassuring to the mind.
But no one has ultimate control over a human being—their mind or soul. Authentic human power has no limits, and that’s what terrifies us. This is why we prefer to create technology with seemingly impossible features rather than recognize that we might be able to do all of this ourselves if we invested in our own potential.
Fear of the impossible.
If only we knew how to face our fear of the impossible and stretched our beliefs enough to see the truth of how powerful humans truly are, we would make different choices about how we use our resources, energy, and time. We would likely co-create a very different shared reality. We would value people and things around us differently too.
It’s true that a machine with wild superpowers is less terrifying than an ordinary human with the same abilities. But still, do you prefer an uncertain and unknown world co-created with other powerful humans like you, or a more predictable future controlled by sophisticated machines?
