Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!qantel!vlsvax1!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!knutsen From: knutsen@sri-unix.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: old senses Message-ID: <300@sri-arpa.ARPA> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 14:53:58 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.300 Posted: Fri Jun 21 14:53:58 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 04:10:09 EDT Lines: 21 From: knutsen (Andrew Knutsen) Im almost positive that our sense of smell has atrophied as we've "evolved"... probably due to lack of use as we left the hunter/ gatherer stage. However, if ESP is existent and not refined, I would say it is probably more due to lack of control. We know for sure that if it does exist is isnt particularly controllable; and a powerful capability which is not under control can actually be a weakness (like if you think you can stop the tiger and dont climb the tree). By the way, there is one form of ESP which I think I may have experienced in a fairly powerful way. I was once sleeping in a hotel when a motorcycle hit a concrete divider outside, killing two people instantly. I woke up very suddenly with a very unusual sensation, which Ive never experienced before or since. It may have just been the loud noise though... Andrew