GET IN THE ZONE

(Research done by Jomana Hisham; submitted to Ms.

Hend Mahmoud)
Get in the Zone

The Zone is the sensation of influencing your activity in the virtual world, it
happens when you are completely focused on the game. The study comes out as
debate continues among psychologists and other health professionals regarding the
effects of violent media on youth. and other health professionals regarding the
effects of it.
Some people start researching if you can teleport yourself into a game while you’re
in the zone, others just keep asking if it affects your brain negatively or not.
So, let’s say you had a soccer match and you had to catch the ball, so you’re
waiting for the other team to shoot so you can catch it and while you’re completely
focused and with a sudden whistle to start the game, you find yourself in some type
of teleportation that happened in your brain, you feel like you’re in a different
place, you can’t hear the loud cheers anymore, and you find yourself rushing for
the ball to catch it! and goal!!!
Still, it’s one of those many arguments that stay with us, it’s just like déjà vu, The
phantom time hypothesis, the Mandela effect or even Parallel universes, it is all
about illusion so,
Have you ever got in the zone?
MEMORIES 00
The Mandela effects
The Mandela effect is an unusual phenomenon where a person or a group of
people remember something differently than how it occurred. The term
"Mandela Effect" was first coined in 2009 by Fiona Broome when she created
a website to detail her observance of the phenomenon. Broome was at a
conference talking with other people about how she remembered the
tragedy of former South African president Nelson Mandela's death in a
prison in the 1980s. However, Nelson Mandela did not die in the 1980s in jail—
he passed away in 2013. As Broome began to talk to other people about her
memories, she learned she was not alone. Others remembered seeing news
coverage of his death as well as a speech by his widow. Broome was
shocked that such a large mass of people could remember the same event
in such detail when it never happened. She describes the Mandela effect as a
clear memory of an event that never occurred in this reality. Her explanation
ties into several popular theories suggesting that the Mandela effect occurs
when reality interacts with alternate realities or parallel universes.
A Placebo
A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but
isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. All
placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance
meant to affect health. Sometimes a person can have a response to a
placebo. This response can be positive or negative. These responses are
known as the "placebo effect." The placebo effect happens when a person
believes in the benefit of the medicine and their expectation of feeling
better. For example, if you're going to have the same arthritis pill to
relieve stiff, sore joints, you may begin to associate that pill with pain
relief. If you have a placebo that looks similar to your arthritis pill, you
may still believe it provides pain relief because you've been used to it.
Déjà Vu
Déjà Vu is a common experience that has happened to many of us. The
saying is French, meaning already seen. Around 60% to 70% of people in
good health experience some form of déjà vu during their lifetime. A familiar
sight or sound can begin the feeling. You may walk into a room in a building
you’ve never visited yet feel like you know it. Most feelings of déjà vu
disappear quickly, making it hard for you to recall specific details about the
experience. Some people often feel that déjà vu may help them predict a
future event. But an experiment showed that some people didn’t become
more likely to guess the correct path or come up with more accurate
answers while playing out the virtual reality scenarios. Many researchers
are trying to figure out why people have feelings of déjà vu.
Parallel universe
The concept of parallel universes is an idea that originates from the
multiverse theory, suggesting that our universe is one of many existing
universes. Parallel universes are no longer just a feature of a good sci-fi
story. There are now some scientific theories that support the idea of
parallel universes beyond our own. However, the multiverse theory remains
one of the most controversial theories in science. Our universe is
unimaginably big. Hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of galaxies, spinning
through space, each containing billions or trillions of stars. The universe we
live in may not be the only one out there. Our universe could be just one of
an infinite number of universes making up a "multiverse." Parallel universes
remain one of the most used theories in science.
The Phantom time hypothesis
(The phantom time hypothesis is a historical conspiracy theory asserted by
Heribert Illig. First published in 1991, it hypothesizes a conspiracy by the Holy
Roman Emperor Otto III, Pope Sylvester II, and possibly the Byzantine
Emperor Constantine VII, to fabricate the Anno Domini dating system
retroactively, to place them in the special year of AD 1000; and to rewrite history
to legitimize Otto's claim to the Holy Roman Empire. Illig believed that this was
achieved through the alteration, misrepresentation and forgery of documentary and
physical evidence. According to this scenario, the entire Carolingian period,
including the figure of Charlemagne, is a fabrication, with a "phantom time" of
297 years (AD 614–911) added to the Early Middle Ages)
This theory emerged in the 1980s by Heribert Illig, a German writer and historical
revisionist. He first proposed the idea that the years 614 to 911 AD were invented,
and some of his followers have continued to espouse it. In one version, Emperor
Otto III (980 – 1002) wanted to live in the year 1000 AD, so with the help of his
friend Gerbert de Aurillac, later Pope Sylvester II, he had 300 years of history
invented, including the life and reign of Charlemagne. In another version, the
Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (905 – 959) organized a rewriting of history,
although his motives are even less clear.

While the theory is entertaining, nearly all medieval scholars view it as ridiculous.
Phantom Time Hypothesis offers little explanation on why other civilizations such
as China, India and Persia would have also filled their pages with events and rulers
that did not exist. It would be even harder to explain the rise of the Islamic world
and how it spread across the Middle East, North Africa and into Iberia. Moreover,
it seemed that Illig and his followers had little understanding of archaeology and
dendrochronology, which offer strong evidence that established dates are correct.
In the end, the Phantom Time Hypothesis is one of those interesting (or crazy)
ideas that will always be with us, but with just a little bit of research can be easily
explained to be all wrong.

by Jomana Hisham