Sensory Organs
- Created by: LouisaCarson
- Created on: 05-06-16 18:06
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- Sensory Organs
- Types of ESP (Extrasensory perception)
- Precognition - the ability to see the future
- Telekinesis - The ability to alter the physical world with mind power alone
- Clairvoyance - The ability to 'see' objects or events happening somewhere else
- Telepathy - The ability to read another person's thoughts
- The five basic senses
- Hearing - Ears are sensitive to sound waves
- Sight - Eyes are sensitive to light and motion
- Taste - The tongue is sensitive to chemicals in food
- Touch - The skin is sensitive to pressure and temperature
- Smell - The nose is sensitive to vapour in the air
- Arguments for ESP
- Some research has provided evidence which supports ESP
- Rhine's zener cards
- Ganzfeld's target experiments
- Titan novel/ Titanic sinking ship example
- Many people have anecdotal evidence and personal experiences
- Some research has provided evidence which supports ESP
- Arguments against ESP
- Anecdotal evidence is not scientific
- Most experiments are poorly controlled - invalid
- Goes against the 'Rules of the universe'
- Some ' powers' could just be heightened intuition from the brain unconsciously processing information
- Some evidence could be purely coincidential
- Types of ESP (Extrasensory perception)
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