Much better elaboration than what I would have come up with. I read that months ago, and I don't rememebr all the details now. I liked the explanation of "turning your attention" toward someone and their sixth sense picking it up.HeartlandGirl said:I think his theory basically states that humans originally had a great need for their 'sixth sense,' (we're talking way, way back in the evolution line). It helped them survive in the very dangerous prehistoric world. But as we've developed speech and so many other ways of communicating, most of us no longer use or pay attention to this sixth sense.
Among other things, he has done experiments on whether a person isolated in a room can tell when someone is staring at them. I believe he has also done a lot of research into this sixth sense in animals, e.g., dogs and cats being able to sense when their owner is on their way home, when their owner is ill, etc.
I certainly believe that humans have this extra-sensory capability. We dismiss a lot of it, though, as coincidence. If you take the time to think about these 'coincidences,' you may decide that something else was at work.
There were whole chapters devoted to the sixth sense in animals and I actually tried to use some of his ideas when rescuing a bird that flew into the glass in my store. I can tell you who's on the phone, but the animals don't listen to me.
I could totally dismiss the phone thing as only a select group of people call my cell phone, so guessing isn't that difficult. But when I'm at work and literally anyone could be calling, I don't think it's just plain guessing anymore.