I can feel it in my bones! Our sixth sense.

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It seems that some scientists doing some brain study has found that the 'anterior cingulate cortex', the part the makes us go 'oops' can 'help us recognize and avoid high-risk situations.'

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/node/7036

For science!

edit: from /.

edit2: No I SEE DEAD PEOPLE JOKE PLZKTHXBAI.
 
I was reading about a possible function our brain has that might allow it to interact with/manipulate quantum particles.. which would explain "mind reading" and seeing into other places/times.
That's the only hope for an afterlife AFAIK... something on the quantum plane.

Either way, how long till i can crush someone's windpipe through thought alone? :D
 
It's too late for me ><'

/me chokes to death
 
Yes, the metrocop death would be rather suitable :)
 
I wonder, though, why it's more developed in 'primitive aboriginal tribesmen' than other people.
 
alco said:
I wonder, though, why it's more developed in 'primitive aboriginal tribesmen' than other people.
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they are more open to accepting it as they arnt brought up being told its not real

they arnt spoon fed telling them theres only 5 senses

as a result it can grow just like any other sense
 
site said:
Following the Asian tsunami, scientists struggled to explain reports that primitive aboriginal tribesmen had somehow sensed the impending danger in time to join wild animals in a life-saving flight to higher ground.
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This is very interesting, and all, and it explains a lot of things, but don't you guys think part of it it might have been because their ancestors had passed down some sort of saying along the lines of "When all the animals are scambling for higher ground and the tide's gone waaaaaay out, run like $&#% for the hills!"? It'd make sense, living on that "Rim of Fire" they talk about on that TV show. It'd probably happened before to the native tribesmen, so they passed the knowledge of what to do onto their children. A simple feeling of danger wouldn't tell them what to do. Unless it was "Climb a Tree". Our inner ape tells us to do that a lot.

The townspeople were more recent arrivals, and therefore they had no flipping clue what was happening, even to the point of going out and picking up stranded fish once the tide had literally gone far out.

The danger sense might definately be a part of it, but I wouldn't take my bet totally off of common sense.
 
Actually, isn't balance sensor the sixth sense?
 
Good point. Give that man an eyebrow.

Works via little hairs in your inner ear, doesn't it?
 
I am hardly suprised by any findings like this, i have told people before about my thoughts on something like that and told them how our brains can predict events based on whats now.

The calculation of effectiveness is the "acts" number of particles effected, the relevance of how it relates to humans and how easy it is to transfer to the human brain.

I have had many talks with friends where we end up thinking the same thing, for a simple reason, what i call links

For example, if before me and a friend have seen a white BOC lorry driving past and at the same time were talking about digital cameras.....when another BOC lorry comes along it is possible to trigger the memory of the digital camera talk......pretty obvious stuff.

What the point is, think of how many interlinked events there are in your life time, the amount your brain stores, with the added fact that brains do tend to work in a very simmilar way and the fact you share experiences with close friends it is hardly suprising you have "psychic" type things, of course its nothing magical or strange.....just another part of the extremely complex brain.
 
I don't think they are talking about quantum particles. The article says how the brain picks up on subtle clues, like colours. I'd imagine with an earthquake your brain might be noticing a number of things, animals heading for higher ground, small vibrations, changes in air pressure. Like how you feel kind of edgy before a big thunderstorm.
 
Brian Damage said:
Good point. Give that man an eyebrow.

Works via little hairs in your inner ear, doesn't it?
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Yeah, and a fluid in it. Or is balance a part of another sense?

I want my eyebrow now, like this: :naughty:
 
Maybe the tribesmen have evolved differently from regular humans, and, because they haven't been protected by other people (Police, the Government) for hundreds of years, they've evolved a larger ACC, to make up for it.

I hope evolution is still taking place at the moment. It seems that it wont be, though. Since we've got things like Free Healthcare for all, which prolongs the life of most people. This means that they have no need for evolution to stay alive, and therefore people will stay the same. I hope this doesn't happen.
 
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