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So as not to hijack Zooby's thread "Eyes in the back of your head", I am posting this in a new thread.
Our physical sense of balance is tied to our sense or hearing...but I think it really comes under our sense of touch.
I maintain this is just a matter of how we choose to define things. I think it has always meant the senses that we currently acknowledge.
I have never seen this as the definition...this only serves to make ESP impossible by definition. If we find a new sense, one that explains previously unsubstantiated claims, then this is what we have always meant.
Originally posted by zoobyshoe
I said "denotation and connotation." The denotation of "Vain Seeking" is quite different than the denotation of "Ivan Seeking"
The authentic "sixth" sense has been well know to mankind since time immemorial. It our sense of balance. We use it all the time every day. The physical organs responsible for our sense of balance are located in the structures of the inner ear. It is an authentic, physical sence. It is not ESP. I suspect it was left out of the list because it lacks the on-off quality that help us recognize the other sences. If we put our hands over our ears sound is deadened, if we lift our hand from the table we can no longer touch it. If we leave the rose bed, it's smell stays behind, after we're done eating, the taste of the food goes away eventually, shut your eyes and you can't see. Balance can't be turned off like this. This makes it somewhat harder to recognise.
Our physical sense of balance is tied to our sense or hearing...but I think it really comes under our sense of touch.
http://webschoolsolutions.com/patts/systems/ear.htmHow We Balance - The Vestibular System
The semicircular canals and vestibule function to sense movement (acceleration and deceleration) and static position. The three semicircular canals lie perpendicular to each other, one to sense movement in each of the 3 spatial planes. At the base of the canals are movement hair cells, collectively called the crista ampullaris. Depending on the plane of movement, the endolymph flowing within the semicircular canals stimulates the appropriate movement hair cells. Static head position is sensed by the vestibule, specifically, its utricle and saccule, which contain the position hair cells. Different head positions produce different gravity effects on these hair cells. Small calcium carbonate particles (otoliths) are the ultimate stimulants for the position hair cells.
The hair cells for both position and movement create nerve impulses. These impulses travel over the vestibular nerve to synapse in the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord. No definite connections to the cerebral cortex exist. Instead, the impulses produce reflex actions to produce the corrective response. For example, a sudden loss of balance creates endolymph movement in the semicircular canals that triggers leg or arm reflex movements to restore balance.
The prefix "extra-" means "outside" or "beyond" . It is not synonymous with the adjective "extra" which means "more than is due, usual, or necessary". Important distinction.
I hope I have just shown why the latter assertion is not true and why pheromones cannot be considered ESP.
I maintain this is just a matter of how we choose to define things. I think it has always meant the senses that we currently acknowledge.
ESP, in fact, denotes perception by means beyond or outside the sences; the connotation being: "inexplicable in any conventional terms - resulting from forces and energies outside those known to physics."
I have never seen this as the definition...this only serves to make ESP impossible by definition. If we find a new sense, one that explains previously unsubstantiated claims, then this is what we have always meant.
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