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| - Anomalistic Abilities, while genetic in nature, could be, in fact, emotionally developed. Where it seems that people gain abilities from having a certain genetic marker, and can indeed develop abilities, these abilities are wide in range and form. There seems to be little agreement between the nature of the abilities in question and the fact that every individual on the current list of determined "specials" shares that genetic marker. However, close study needs to be given to the emotional state the individual is in when using their ability, the kind of personality they have as a reflection of their emotions, even their emotional reaction to the way their ability works or appears to work. For the most part, it seems that these individuals are dispositioned to develop a certain kind of abil
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| - Anomalistic Abilities, while genetic in nature, could be, in fact, emotionally developed. Where it seems that people gain abilities from having a certain genetic marker, and can indeed develop abilities, these abilities are wide in range and form. There seems to be little agreement between the nature of the abilities in question and the fact that every individual on the current list of determined "specials" shares that genetic marker. However, close study needs to be given to the emotional state the individual is in when using their ability, the kind of personality they have as a reflection of their emotions, even their emotional reaction to the way their ability works or appears to work. For the most part, it seems that these individuals are dispositioned to develop a certain kind of ability based on their emotional state and personality. Could an individual with the genetic marker, if driven to a slow but steady depression, or even chronically depressed as a result of constant buried anger, develop the ability to unleash a nuclear holocaust purely because of the pain experienced while depressed or otherwise stressed? Could an individual with this emotional state have full control over their abilities, those abilities being a result of the strain on their emotions? To this extent, it would make sense that the abilities are directly tied to emotions. The adaptive ability that the genetic marker gives the individual is enormous, but only if these abilities are not just conscious decisions but unconscious reflexes in the characteristic human defensive response of "fight or flight". To this end, the best way the brain would be able to handle the release of the ability would be in response to whatever sudden and specific emotional responses are elicited within the subject. If the anomalistic abilities are tied to emotions in this way, the formation of personality and shaping of emotional responses in the individual would only logically give rise to specific ability development. Consider an individual with the genetic marker that grows up with a sick mother. The individual, a loving and caring son or daughter would grow the sense of wanting to be able to help the sickly in any way they could. The strong feelings of compassion and caring for others, not just oneself would or at least could endow that individual with the ability to do so. In this scenario, the individual that felt so strongly this way could develop the ability to heal and repair others. Or consider instead the impoverished individual that grows up in a home where the parents are constantly fighting. Their words are like knives, cruel and commanding, and powerful. Hypothetically, the individual is also silenced by these arguments, a voice unheard because of the fighting between his or her parents. The sense of being almost powerless because they cannot be heard is fostered, and finally in an angry outburst of their own, that individual develops the ability to, naturally, control and persuade others just by the application of the voice. Think instead of the carefree, personable person that grows into a friendly kind of individual, constantly thinking of others and trying hard to be there and be friends with everyone. Logically then, this individual could develop the ability to hear another's thoughts, in order to become intimately aware of what the other person is feeling or thinking, in order to better understand and further their attempts at fostering trust and companionship within the other. When these considerations are taken into account, the list of anomalistic abilities can be subsequently organized and understood by study of the individual that develops them. Furthermore, the list of individuals with the potential for anomalistic abilities could be better dissected with regard to those that have not yet developed abilities, or even when further understanding of how the process works is gained, prediction of abilities or even predictive abilities in the next generation of the "special" individual's offspring. With these theories considered, there could also be a means of tracking down specific abilities based upon the tracking of standard Mendelian genotypes such as hair and eye color. Two unrelated individuals could have the exact same ability, but have lived separate lives entirely in separate locations and times. The only similarities being physical characteristics such as hair, eye, and skin color. This could aid in determining if, like some diseases, specific genotypes or social groups are more prone to developing a certain series of related abilities than others and in which generations they might occur. Lingering close to eugenetics, this is still a morally tricky subject.
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