# What the heck kind of shaman or something is my five year old turning out to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046 "2018-01-20T16:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/1 "2018-01-20T16:00:06Z")
> [@My kid](#): > > I found out the Earth is dreaming. I know. I feel it. I found that out at the same time I found out the present is the future. When the earth wakes up, the future will turn into the new present. I found it out because I was watching DinoTrux. One of the DinoTrux fell into an ancient ravine. Nobody on the show said the Earth is dreaming, but I found it out when six familiar things happened. The above was punctuated by my elaborating questions (like “where did you learn that” and “did they say that on the show” – I don’t remember what all I asked and where). My theory is this is a five year old theorizing about deja vu experiences? But wow anyway–“the present is the future” and “the earth is dreaming?” Possibly we’re raising the next great Prophet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/2 "2018-01-20T16:37:56Z")
Smart kid–setting up an insanity defense at such an early age! Beware, parent! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/3 "2018-01-21T04:43:07Z")
What were the 6 familiar things? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/4 "2018-01-21T04:57:54Z")
Write down or record everything he says. He will be a teen soon, you will need ammo to survive. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/5 "2018-01-21T05:16:18Z")
obviously he’s Jaden Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/6 "2018-01-21T05:33:05Z")
I have no idea about the contents of DinoTrux, but this reminds me of the “Indigo Child” [impressing adults](http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/little-boy-blue-6379409) while talking about _Avatar: The Last Airbender_. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/7 "2018-01-21T05:37:13Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > The above was punctuated by my elaborating questions (like “where did you learn that” and “did they say that on the show” – I don’t remember what all I asked and where). > > My theory is this is a five year old theorizing about deja vu experiences? But wow anyway–“the present is the future” and “the earth is dreaming?” > > Possibly we’re raising the next great Prophet. The Earth is dreaming? Far out man.😃 Do not let that spirit be silenced. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/8 "2018-01-22T02:14:14Z")
Remember the kid in Bloom County that got wierd powers by listening to Billy and the Boingers? _“Eye of newt, toad so greeny, turn this dude, into zuchinni!”_ And suddenly Steve Dallas was a six foot vegetable. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/9 "2018-01-22T06:46:01Z")
He’s angling for the Jerry Mathers role in a modernized remake of “The Trouble with Harry.” ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/10 "2018-01-22T16:39:12Z")
Ask him if he’s ever looked at his hands. I mean, _really_ looked at them. ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/11 "2018-01-22T16:45:27Z")
> [@BobBitchin](#): > > The Earth is dreaming? > > Far out man.😃 > > Do not let that spirit be silenced. It will quit dreaming and wake up when your kid has found a way to write down the nine billion names… ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/12 "2018-01-22T16:58:43Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > obviously he’s Jaden Smith. How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/13 "2018-01-22T17:24:23Z")
His ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to his newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/14 "2018-01-22T19:55:45Z")
Have you been letting the kid watch Twin Peaks? Hell, the kid should write for the show. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/15 "2018-01-22T21:52:27Z")
Know, know, know your goat like 6 familiar things. Future is present, ravines are not pleasant Earth is stuck in dreams. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/16 "2018-01-22T22:02:30Z")
Wow, he went from “Yellow Submarine” to “Tomorrow Never Knows” faster than you can say _Revolver_. Sounds like he’s intuiting the Gaia Hypothesis. You might want to give him _Black Elk Speaks_ for his sixth birthday – make it a bedtime story, if he isn’t reading on his own by then. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/17 "2018-01-27T14:56:47Z")
I just want to say that that is really cool. Encourage this. Maybe think of simple philosophical conversations you can have with him. Like, I dunno, [The Ship of Theseus.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus) I know there are many more, but it’s late and I’m drawing blanks. Just stuff to get him thinking outside the box. We need that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/18 "2018-01-27T15:17:11Z")
Whatever you do, _don’t piss him off_. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-kind-of-shaman-or-something-is-my-five-year-old-turning-out-to-be/807046/19 "2018-01-27T15:42:52Z")
Relevant linky: [Shaman Juice - YouTube](https://youtu.be/6ipCfGqNZN8?t=113)