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Study Points to Sixth Sense in Humans

Ben Sullivan writes "St. Louis researchers say there's something to the notion of a 'sixth sense' in humans. A part of the brain known as the cingulate cortex, they've found, likely combines multiple, sometimes unconscious data streams to come to conclusions and send warning signals to the conscious mind. Example: Aboriginal tribesmen somehow sensed the impending danger of December's tsunami in time to flee to higher ground before the first sign of water."

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  1. Re:Pot? Kettle. by miu · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    The OP misapplied a rule of BAE grammar to a colloquialism (don't be hating). The rule requires a 'be' and 'non-be' form: "He be running" vs. "He running", the former indicates continual activity, the later indicates a single episode in the present.

    Your 'incorrect usage' and 'people that refuse to learn to speak or write properly' comments are actually fairly ugly, and display the kind of unthinking prejudice that will take a long time to die out.

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    [Set Cain on fire and steal his lute.]