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Study Points to Sixth Sense in Humans

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sight-beyond-sight dept.

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. I have the feeling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...this topic is going to generate a lot of flames.

    1. Re:I have the feeling by Rollie+Hawk · · Score: 3, Funny

      It will not you freaking moron!

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    2. Re:I have the feeling by unixbugs · · Score: 3, Funny

      I knew you would say that.

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    3. Re:I have the feeling by fr2asbury · · Score: 2, Funny

      I have a bad feeling about this.

  2. Isn't.... by Seabass55 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that called being "the one"?

    1. Re:Isn't.... by hoborocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      no, it's "the six". rtfa.

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  3. Tsunami by kdark1701 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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." I do not envy the person who gets to tell the tsunami survivors: "You should have saw it coming"

    1. Re:Tsunami by I+Be+Hatin' · · Score: 2, Funny
      I do not envy the person who gets to tell the tsunami survivors: "You should have saw it coming"

      I don't envy someone with such poor grammar either.

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    2. Re:Tsunami by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 3, Funny
      I don't envy someone with such poor grammar either.

      Poor grammar either? What is that? Can it even be had?

    3. Re:Tsunami by anopres · · Score: 2, Funny

      Man, that's sad. She's not even bothering to fake it.

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    4. Re:Tsunami by Velox_SwiftFox · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know, you could have something here.

      I live in an earthquake-prone area, and just a couple of minutes ago my dog suddenly indicated a frantic need to leave the building I live in.

      Remarkably, he was able to promptly demonstrate that had I not let him out, a local flood might have occurred!

    5. Re:Tsunami by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think in this case we can finally blame the culture of television for killing people. Oooh, there's something moving in an unusual way. I think I'll go watch it.

  4. Haha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a feeling this article was coming.

    1. Re:Haha! by CGP314 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have a feeling we will see it again on the front page tomorrow as well.


      -Colin

    2. Re:Haha! by Xeo+024 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're a subscriber?

  5. I use my sixth sense all the time... by eboot · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's true! Everyday I use anonymous communication/travel methods in order to stop big brother from monitoring me. I don't have any evidence there watching me, I just feel it, because of my sixth sense you see.

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    1. Re:I use my sixth sense all the time... by piotr+alfredovich · · Score: 2, Funny
      Everyday I use anonymous communication/travel methods in order to stop big brother from monitoring me. I don't have any evidence there watching me, I just feel it, because of my sixth sense you see.
      Maybe it's because you're using anonymous communication methods they're watching you.

      Picture it:
      The NSA has just spent teraflops breaking your mixmastered messages and all they get is the loveletter you sent to the Bush twins.
  6. Speaking for myself here... by radiotyler · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...described by some scientists as part of the brain's 'oops' center..."

    My brains "oops" center is located in a more southern and groinular region.

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  7. Good ole synchronicity by Lobo93 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashcode decides to print this fortune when I enter the article:

    When you're dining out and you suspect something's wrong, you're probably right.

    Well, better head back to the Dreamland...(and no, that's not the name of the new Arnold restaurant)

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  8. I see dead people... by ectotherm · · Score: 1, Funny

    they are all around me-they don't even know they are dead...

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  9. Re:So THAT'S how Bush won! by eclectic4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You watched the "herd" run to higher ground and you followed?

    Well, that doesn't sound very hard...

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  10. Re:So THAT'S how Bush won! by Ithika · · Score: 3, Funny

    > "hey, do you feel that hunger over their?" No, you couldn't, or you'd get slaughtered by the slashdot spelling nazis! :)

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  11. But can it... by aj50 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...be used to make peril sensitive sunglasses?

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  12. Tsunami = Earth's Enema by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Get rid of the brown stuff.

  13. Cingular cortex? by PoopJuggler · · Score: 1, Funny

    This must be how I know that when I get my Cingular bill it will be fucked up and I will have to call customer service to correct it... over and over again...

  14. Re:I've always known about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I don't know what made me stop my hand, inches from grabbing hold of that high voltage wire, but I've made the most of my life ever since.
    Oh, I thought you were going to say how you grabbed on, got fried, and ever since you've had a sixth sense and the ability to see through walls or something...
  15. Re:Science beats pseudoscience every time by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 2, Funny

    >>By comparison: Even though there are millions of psychics/clairvoyants and other people who claim to be able to predict the future worldwide, not one predicted the tsunami! Remarkable?

    I am certain that the responsible 'authorities' are reverse engineering the Bible Code(tm) and Nostradamus' Quatrains as we discuss this.

    wbs

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  16. The Mac analogy by ScentCone · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is like saying we've discovered a second Mac mouse button just because you can make more use of the single one you've got if you're smarter and more experienced, or because you're so used to using the control key that you're no longer conscious that you're doing it.

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  17. I just knew it!!!!! by Slavinski · · Score: 2, Funny


    I knew it was there all the time!!!

    You're only upset because the voices talk to me?!

    ;)

  18. Re:Not another pseudoscience story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    yes but it was her SIXTH grade common SENSE!!

  19. Re:I've always known about this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know what made me stop my hand, inches from grabbing hold of that high voltage wire, but I've made the most of my life ever since.

    BS. What are you doing on Slashdot then?

  20. It says... by hajihill · · Score: 2, Funny

    What this says to me is that we were too busy with our eyes glued to our cellphones to notice that the sea and the earth were....

    Hold on, my RSS feed says there's a new article up... I'll get back to you shortly.

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    Of blankness, I know nothing.
  21. I have a sixth sense by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's called a bullshit detector. Most humans come equipped with them but some people choose to ignore them. Mine was tingling when I read
    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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  22. Pot? Kettle. by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude, your user id is "I be hatin'."

  23. It's the violins, stupid! by infolib · · Score: 2, Funny

    Whenever you hear half the symphony orchestra join those jagged dissonant minor chords, you know there's something deadly just around the corner. How hard can it be?

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  24. Re:I agree - I've experienced this personally by rs79 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Unfortunately, this ability does not convey any other information other than "you are no longer on the planned course". There is a recognition function in there, but no follow-on advisory function. It's still up to conciousness to correct the problem once discovered.

    When it happens though... it's really a very odd feeling, and it's quite strong."

    I get the same feeling when walking into a mall. It's not a joke (despite looking like one) and it doesn't happen with other large or small indoor spaces. Crowds or confinded spaces don't bother me at all. Just malls. I get this weird "must leave, shouldn't be here, you might pay retail" feeling.

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  25. Re:Pot? Kettle. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No one axed you.