# I'm pretty sure spoon bending is a real psychic power **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407 "2012-02-10T14:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/41 "2012-02-11T20:57:50Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > As a person who bends silverware with her hands (and the use of various tools) for a living… I’d like to know more about this. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/42 "2012-02-11T21:01:49Z")
Maybe she makes [forkrings](http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=all&includes%5B0%5D=tags&search_query=fork+rings&page=1)? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/43 "2012-02-13T09:50:00Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > In an infinite number of universes, one is equal to zero\* > > \*Not really, but I think your statement is the same. Well, perhaps semantically it’s not the same thing. But if you posit that there’s an infinite number of universes, and allow for random chance, there’s probably a universe where at least a large subset of magic appears to work every single time it’s done – just by sheer coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/44 "2012-02-13T11:04:58Z")
Silence! I’m psychoflexing. Rubber spoon, rubber spoon, rubber spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/45 "2012-02-13T14:57:22Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Well, perhaps semantically it’s not the same thing. But if you posit that there’s an infinite number of universes, and allow for random chance, there’s probably a universe where at least a large subset of magic appears to work every single time it’s done – just by sheer coincidence. The laws of physics for alternate Universes do not have to be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/46 "2012-02-13T15:03:24Z")
To bend spoons, you have to _be the spoon_. Then you have to get bent. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/47 "2012-02-13T16:17:46Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I think I know why God doesn’t heal spoon benders. > [@Mangetout](#): > > He does! In the universe where people believe God bends spoon healers, or something. But does God spoon with bend healers? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/48 "2012-02-13T16:36:55Z")
The real question is [Can God Fill Teeth?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPV73jB0N6Q) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/49 "2012-02-13T21:03:13Z")
It is not the spoon you wish to bend, rather, it is the will of the spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407/50 "2012-02-14T17:11:46Z")
I can bend a spoon with my mind. I just need you to look away. Look away. LOOK A…WAY! Well, if you’re not gonna cooperate, I’m gonna take my spoon and go home. HMMPH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-spoon-bending-is-a-real-psychic-power/612407.md?page=2)