Do We Have A Sixth Sense?

[Lightkeeper]

I just read in another forum that we can only prove things that are sensed by the 5 senses?

hearing
sight
touch
smell
taste

Is this true or do we have a sixth sense?

 

[Sunstone]

All of our other senses have organs (such as the eyes) and/or nerves associated with them. If we had a sixth sense, where are the organs and nerves associated with it?

 

[Pah]

I just read in another forum that we can only prove things that are sensed by the 5 senses?

hearing
sight
touch
smell
taste

Is this true or do we have a sixth sense?

Proving anything with the senses is a "hit ot miss" proposition. They all are subject to "misdirection" and can not be reliable in all cases. It is formal logic, mathematics or the scientific method that provides proof.

Bob

 

[Simon the Cat]

I don't know about the sixth sense but I work with a women who is blind and she can pick up a vibe quicker than anyone. Sometimes it sort of drives me nuts because she knows when the slightest thing is wrong and get worried and etc... I am convinced she can probably predict the weather. So if we are trying to identify a sixth sense, the sensing of the emotional climate of people or a person would be my vote.

 

[Hope]

I think a lot of people do have a 'sixth sense.' Not the kind that enables one to 'see dead people', usually, but one that enables one to sense things outside of our physical senses. Call it psychic ability, intuition, whatever. Maybe we all have this sixth sense, but some people are just more in tune to it, or more aware of it.

 

[kreeden]

All of our other senses have organs (such as the eyes) and/or nerves associated with them. If we had a sixth sense, where are the organs and nerves associated with it?

Some would say the Pineal Gland .

 

[cardero]

I think everyone is born with a sixth sense though in the consideration of placement I believe it is the "first sense" that we actually utilize when we are born and as we grow older it becomes the last sense to BE recognized or developed.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Maybe we all have this sixth sense, but some people are just more in tune to it, or more aware of it.

That's what I've begun to think, with the more people I work with. I get nervous around people who try claiming "Only a certain few have this ability and I'm one of them!"

For some people who are already attuned, though, it can be very frightening, especially if their religion states that there's no such thing or that they are wrong for having it.

 

[Valjean]

Proprioception is usually listed as the sixth sense. It's nothing psychic or far-out, just the sense of body position or the relative orientation of various body parts.

Without it you couldn't walk, catch a ball, or avoid stabbing yourself in the eye when eating spaghetti.

 

[robtex]

If you believe their is a 6th sense is there a name you have for it and or definition and description? The other five are well defined.....everytime I hear 6th sense I don't get any other info about it other than an abstract metaphysical example.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Well, it depends on the name you're wanting. I could make up names and definitions for 'em, if that'd help?

 

[Mr Spinkles]

I could make up names and definitions for 'em, if that'd help?

It might help robtex in making his point.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

It might help robtex in making his point.

I'm sorry, I think I missed something. Did I offend someone? *really very worried*

 

[Runt]

Hmm... the brain is certainly an organ. I was thinking that intellect or intelligence could be a sixth sense, but I like Seyorni's suggestion that proprioceptionis a sense better. Although, one could consider proprioception to be the result or combination of the senses of sight and touch... or even the "sense of intellect" with the above.

 

[Pah]

What about "gut feeling", "woman's intuition", "a good hunch" ? Aren't these common terms for the sixth sense?

Bob

 

[Ceridwen018]

I don't think there is a sixth sense. Rather, I think the five senses can at times work in tandem to create complex effects. Woman's intuition, for example...well, to be honest I'm not authorized to go into great detail here, but I can assure you that there is nothing 'supernatural' involved. It is a combination of intellect and perception of body language, etc. Little birds don't come and tell us, we don't recieve random 'electrical signals' with glands and organs that don't exist, etc.

That brings a question to mind: Why 'electrical signals', guys?

 

[Mr Spinkles]

I'm sorry, I think I missed something. Did I offend someone? *really very worried*

Lol, I don't think you offended anyone, don't worry ....my point was only that making up terms and definitions for a sixth sense would only strengthen the argument against the existence of such a sense, as it would all be "made up". As robtex said, the other five senses are well defined, and therefore it is possible to conduct legitimate scientific investigation into their workings.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Lol, I don't think you offended anyone, don't worry ....my point was only that making up terms and definitions for a sixth sense would only strengthen the argument against the existence of such a sense, as it would all be "made up". As robtex said, the other five senses are well defined, and therefore it is possible to conduct legitimate scientific investigation into their workings.

Whew, I was worried there!

I certainly agree that it is interesting that some of these things don't have a name. I think that it would be great if more studies could be done to determine the validity of such things, but the difficulty in doing so is (naturally) inherent in the task itself. There are things that I've seen others do and have done myself that I could not explain, even though I was the one 'doing' the thing. How much more difficult it would be to try to explain it to someone not currently experiencing it, I could barely concieve. Maybe it would be the equivalent of a person who is able to hear trying to explain the sound of rain to someone who has never heard?

But, again, I respect the many great individuals who do not believe in such things, and know they have just as much right to their beliefs as I do to mine.

 

[Quoth The Raven]

We refer to it as listening to your gut. I can tell - maybe 6 times out of 10 - if we're going to get a job by the time I've finished the conversation with the prospective client to book the appointment to do the quote. Out of the other 4 I can tell by the end of the quote meeting if we'll get the job or not. My other half can tell me before I write up the quote to post out whether I need to add to the price because the client is going to turn out to be a pain in the arse and we'll need to allow for the fact they'll be costing us time with their need to ask stupid questions requiring long and in depth explainations that render it impossible to answer them and work at the same time. He can do that regardless of whether he's met the client or not. If he has met the client he can even tell me what the available margin is above the standard price that will still get us a job from a person for whom price is the main consideration.
We've also learned the hard way that if you've got a gut feeling on something and you ignore it and do something else that seems to be far more logical, it's gonna come back and bite you on teh bum.

 

[Lord_Vader]

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