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psed into a particle when you measure it. You know what would be another way to explain that? There was always a photon. We just didn't know where it was and then when we measured it we knew where it was and now we know where it is. So there's this whole big sciencey experiment that's supposed to tell you about the nature of reality and all it is is it's hard to find out where a photon is. It's a…

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y imagining it really clearly?

Because if you told me that consciousness can collapse reality I would say well then you're telling me reality is subjective because if I'm not there it's not collapsing or if I'm not measuring it. But I've had this is anecdotal my personal observation over a lifetime is that the more clearly I can see a specific future the more likely it happens whether it's good or bad.

So I've told you that I have this ongoing problem with water leaks. You know no matter where I go whatever house has nothing to do with the quality of the construction it's just everywhere I go there are massive water leaks. Yesterday I'm writing a check for my handyman slash builder kind of guy who does a lot of work in my house and he looks up and he goes uh oh. And I'm like I'm not looking up. And he keeps looking up. He's like ah wow. I'm like no don't look up Scott. That ceiling was just redone just repainted. There is no problem up there.

And finally I did look up and there's this big water bulge directly above our heads. You know where the paint starts to bulge down just before it pops and turns into a shower. Yeah. Now do you think that that was going to happen on its own or do you think the fact that every time I walk through the house I look at the ceiling and say well where's my next leak because I expect them to be there. That leak was exactly where I expected it to be. I mean in the kitchen sure enough there was.

Do you know how many times I've been in the kitchen that rained where actually water was coming from the ceiling? I don't know the exact number but I think it's about a dozen. A dozen times. Different houses. Yeah. Does that happen to you? No. But I also spent a lot of time visualizing it accidentally because I don't want it to happen but I think about it all the time because of the history.

So I've got a feeling that one of the reasons that maybe somebody have repetitive problems, people have different sets of problems but they have the same one all the time. I've got this one but all the time it just never stops. And by the way I'm not this is not interpreting the past. I've been telling my followers for years that I have this continuous problem and then when I report it so they could say it themselves I take pictures of it. It's real. I have continuous water leak problems. Some people don't.

So could it be that literally everything that happens is some function of our imagination and if you're not imagining anything specific then it's random. It just happens to you but if you visualize it it happens. Yeah so that's my prostate. Okay that's funny. It took me a while to figure that out.

All right. So my mind breaking reframe is that it's possible that the thing that collapses the wave and makes something real is how clearly you imagine it. What do you think? No. Do you think it's a coincidence that Elon Musk says and I say it as well that the most likely outcome is the most entertaining. That the most entertaining one is the most likely is a better way to say it right.

Because you often think about the most entertaining outcome like when you think of the next presidential election or let's say 2016. Did anybody have any doubt any doubt whatsoever that the most entertaining outcome would be Trump winning the presidency? Of course. Then when he ran the second time it wasn't really that entertaining. It was just something that was going to happen or not happen. You had a preference or not a preference but it wasn't entertaining. In fact it was the opposite because we were sort of not being entertained by all the division.

And now time is going by and I keep telling you the most entertaining outcome would be if Trump had a third act revival managed to somehow against all odds prove there was some problem in the election which would be the ultimate and then goes to the presidency and has a good presidency. That would be the most entertaining. And the thing is everybody knows that. We all know it. Every time he opens his mouth about some new evidence about election problems you say to yourself I don't think he's going to prove it but that sure would be entertaining. That would be entertaining.

So we'll see. And what am I thinking of? I'm saying this book as the number one book in the entire world except for religious books and the more clearly I see it the more likely it'll happen. So if you want to do this experiment to see if our imaginations can make something happen since you have no reason not to you're probably not competing against me for a best-selling book just join me. Just imagine this the number one book. Just imagine it. That's all. Let's see what happens.

And oh yes I don't know the details but Joe Biggs one of the January 6 people got 17 years. Is that right? I don't know the d

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etails of his case. I would just say that on the surface that doesn't look like justice to me. And I would say that that's another example of why you pretty much have to elect Trump or somebody like Vivek. Somebody I wouldn't vote for anybody who didn't promise to pardon the January 6 people. To me that's bottom line. By the way as DeSantis said he would or would not. What has DeSantis said? DeSa…

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