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Thommo wrote:

cavarka9 wrote:

Thommo wrote:

cavarka9 wrote:There might very well be certain things science has not yet explained about human limits, the answer for that shall also be science, not religion or woo.
I for example had experience of being able to predict the days my tutor would not show up. something like being right abt it for 5 times. Without any conscious intention. When I did intend to check 2 times, it didnt happen as i had wanted. I think, humans can probably pick a scent from perhaps long distance away, but only statistically.I knew instinctively that I was going to meet someone about a distance of 1-2 kms and I did. It can be tested out and explained perhaps. Also, when I was young, i used to play with friends with me blindfolded. I remember that by sound i could make out the shapes and people and move out in their direction. So, this patient could perhaps hear out the doctor and sense from sound the movements of the doctor.

Science has explained this - confirmation bias.

I never said it necessarily had to be the case, it could very well be wrong. I am absolutely fine with that.

I beg your pardon then, I thought you were saying that the example was of something that science has not yet explained. Recalling that you predicted maybe five times out of seven that someone would not turn up at some kind of appointment even before getting to whether you recalled correctly, or were tipped off (by knowledge of sickness, something the person mentioned but you didn't consciously recall etc.) isn't really that unlikely compared to the number of times people do and don't turn up to appointments through your life.