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Originally Posted by troutman

http://www.livescience.com/strangene...ee-future.html

Such ability in humans has never been shown scientifically to actually occur with any statistical significance. Of course, people sometimes do predict the future — as one can predict heads or tails on a tossed coin and be right, oh, say, half the time. And yes, there is much about the mind we don't understand. But the claims of psychics (as just one group example of people who think they can see the future) are routinely debunked when held up to the facts.

That's the thing... Having a sixth sense =/= being able to predict the future. It's not the same thing. If that is what scientists are looking for, then I think they're barking up the wrong tree.

People who claim to have a sixth sense or heightened intuition don't know when when or where situations for their sixth sense will be triggered, or even if they can figure out at the time what it means when it is triggered. Humans are instinctual like many animals. We react to senses all the time without having the luxury to think about it or apply statistics to it. Somethings just can't be done in controlled circumstances because mearly controlling the circumstances changes the nature of the circumstances.

Obviously scientific methods are not perfect, especially about vague phenomena that are poorly understood.