Table of contents:
- The three kinds of sixth sense
- Pro reason for sixth sense
- Reason counter to sixth sense
- 1. The results of his research changed
- 2. Evidence that cannot be controlled
- Conclusion
Humans are born with five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch. Some who are born do not have complete sense function. However, there are also some of them who have excess sense function, or what is called the sixth sense. In psychological terms, the sixth sense is called Extrasensory Perception (ESP) or "more" perception of sensory organs.
ESP is a response from non-existent objects. That is, compare it with the smell function that the nose has. One can say that flowers are fragrant because there are flowers that are smelled by them. In a person who (claims to) have ESP, the object that is the stimulus is not in front of him, but that person can give a response as if it is there.
The three kinds of sixth sense
The sixth sense or ESP has three types, namely:
- Telepathy (telepathy), a person with telepathic abilities can communicate with other people by entering this information into the mind of the person he enters. For example when someone speaks into another person's mind.
- Clairvoyance , people with abilities clairvoyance can find out what happened without him needing to be there or get the information from other people. For example, when someone finds out that there has been a car crash at a red light, even though that person is in the bathroom.
- Precognition , people with abilities precognition can know events that haven't yet but will happen. For example, when someone predicts the death of a state official or a crisis in a country.
There is one more type that is very closely related to ESP, namely psychokinesis (PK). The working principle is when the person's mind can control the object in front of him. For example when just thinking of a glass to fall, a person can drop the glass.
In the field of psychology, there are many pros and cons behind the story of this ESP. Here are some important ideas that can be summarized:
Pro reason for sixth sense
Research methods Ganzfeld procedure used to prove the presence of ESP in telepathic parts. In this method, two groups of respondents, the recipient and the sender, are used. The sender is asked to send signals to the recipient's mind regarding visual stimuli (pictures, impressions slide , or video trailer). Later, the recipient will describe the information sent by the sender. Each time the description from the recipient is declared correct, points will be awarded.
The recipient and the sender themselves are placed in different places. The sender of the signal is placed in an isolated room, blindfolded, sound is played white noise (sounds like radio without channel), and the room is lit with red.
The result, one of the studies from Ganzfeld procedure this is 38% the result of the description is considered correct. This has a very large effect, because the previous researchers estimated it was 25%.
Reason counter to sixth sense
1. The results of his research changed
One of the qualities that must be possessed from a correct research is that it can be repeated. But in fact, the same researcher about the sixth sense, with the same respondents could not repeat the same results; can be higher than 38% or lower.
2. Evidence that cannot be controlled
When you dream that you will be promoted at work and it turns out that you really are promoted, can that be said to be an extraordinary thing? It is difficult to understand the truth because it is deep setting In actual research, there needs to be tightly controlled conditions to reduce other possibilities. In everyday life, this is difficult to control. Dreaming of mystical things can be just a coincidence or a form of memory that goes into dreams.
Conclusion
In the end, the sixth sense itself cannot be approved or refuted because this phenomenal topic has a logical background and has been tested by scientific methods that can prove both pro and con arguments. It is your choice whether you want to believe it or ignore it.