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Originally Posted by photon
I remember reading about one story where researchers had set up a game that people would play, and over time the computer would change the rule set.
I can't recall all the details, but the finding was that people were able to subconsciously detect the change and intuit what the change was and alter their strategy BEFORE they were consciously aware they were doing so.
Interesting stuff.
For cases of stuff where people felt something, didn't get on a plane, etc, it's just examples of post hoc reasoning.
If you feel a chill and nothing happens, then you don't remember the chill, but if something does happen then you remember the chill.
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Every plane crash somebody comes out and says their loved one had an un-easy feeling before getting on the doomed plane. Drives me nuts because I'd be shocked if a plane has ever taken off without several people having bad feelings about it.
On a side note, I'd like to thank flameswin for freaking me out before bed. I don't believe anything paranormal occurred, but for whatever reason I was thinking about the story, walked into my pitch black laundry room at about midnight, turned on a light, saw an awkwardly hung shirt out of the corner of my eye and nearly had to start a thread entitled "so i crapped my pants".
