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Intuition isn’t a sense. There’s no data being measured. Intuition is a processing and synthesizing of past and sometimes presently sensed data into some meaning.

When I understand “sense” in this context I’m understanding “sensor.” A sensor is measuring something.

I think the closest I can get to telepathy without it being a completely wild paradigm shift in understanding is if we could implant technology directly into our brains, thus introducing new sensors.



Intuition i think much more data driven than you say. I think probably it’s just subconscious calculations


I think you're absolutely right. Intuition can be understood as a form of subconscious calculation.


There are "famous" people on YouTube who seem very telepathic-psychic - but I suppose people would really only become a believer if they have an anecdotal experience themselves that defies all odds.


There are all kinds of famous people, on Youtube and elsewhere, that believe (or claim to believe) the most absurd things.

Why would that matter in the slightest, especially given that their purported abilities all seem to flee to another dimension as soon as they're under scientific evaluation?


If it’s real, it will survive scrutiny and people will believe the evidence.




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