I (Don't) See Dead People: What Constitutes a Sixth Sense?
When I hear the term "sixth sense", the first thing that comes to mind (beyond the film, of course) is intuition. To me, that is what a sixth sense typically is- some manifestation of foresight or a strong feeling. The group that presented on sixth sense made me rethink this fairly rigid definition in my mind, however. What does constitute a sixth sense? Can it be coincidence or deja vu, or in order to call one of these a sixth sense, does a person have to experience them often? What happens if someone experiences both of these often- is one a sixth sense and one a seventh sense? As Emily suggested, do we all have the potential to unleash our own special ability if we only believe that we can? So, backing up- what constitutes a sixth sense? A lot of our classmates shared their own "grandparent stories" and I'm sorry to do the same, but I've been thinking about this since class on Thursday. In 1985, my aunt was killed in a plane crash on November 25th. Flas...