Really the sixth sense was a fucked up movie that made no sense. Now that you know I am not talking about that, I'll continue. I made a theory about a 6th sense that all humans have. You see, I'm not sure if this has been determined, but all my life, I was taught only 5 senses: Visual Auditory Touch Smell Taste Now, if you think about it, all of these senses are interpreted in 2 dimensions: Sight is really a visual plane or 2 dimensions, outputing only an x and y axis of color interpretations. Auditory comes in hertz (waves): amplitude (pitch) x frequency (length of a pitch/note) Touch is 2 dimensional as well. Although you feel in a 3 dimensional space, you always only actually feel in 2 dimensions: pressure (which defines many things like texture and air pressure) and sensitivity (which is determined by the body). Smell is determined by a wavelike structure as well, and taste is similar since both are interdependent. My theory is: Humans combine all 5 senses to create the actualization of 3 dimensions (4 considering the noticing of contrast and change in everyday situation, aka "time"). With the combination of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste, we can relate ourselves to our world around us. It tells us our position and how we move throughout our space and time. Someone who is blind or deaf is always confused on proximity of objects, and especially those who lack feeling (think about a time you've been shot up with a painkiller and could feel nothing, it was like a flat, surreal feeling where that part of your body had no existence). Even those who can't smell/taste, since smell helps enormously with noticing proximity of things and where they are. The 6th sense is the combination of all of our 2d senses to be aware of 3 dimensions and helps us become aware that we are alive and moving individually through this space. Without this 6th sense, our independent thought would be very limited, for the human mind need s aphysical realm in order to be able to thinking in an orderly and effective fashion. I think a sixth sense should be added to the 2nd graders vocabulary list, don't you?
:O Too much info for me to process at once. I'll bookmark and come back when I'm not as stoneded lol.
The "sixth sense" you propose is not actually a sense. It's an ability, a function which humans seem to posses in contrast to other forms of life. Everything else you said was accurate (to the extent of my knowledge) and makes total sense. I like this subject
I would call the 6th sense thought, it is the only thing in our existence which isnt interpreted through any of the other 5 senses.
*sigh* i'll reiterate for those who don't bother to read the whole thread. "Thought" is, just like the ability he mentioned before hand, not a sense, it's a measure of internal sentience. Definition: Thought is not a stimuli, it is a product.
Those who dont bother to read the whole thread, yeah thatd be me, im one lazy mofo, i guess it goes with the terrritory. Everyone is intitled to their own opinion
Well... think about it though. Yes, senses are how you "take in" your environment through direct means. But through the combination of senses, it is safe to say that the "sixth sense" is the processing and combining of all the senses as one in order to be completely aware of the physical realm. A sense is defined by something that lets you be aware of your environment through direct means. Is there not this 3 dimensional space which we "touch" and sense physically? Some may argue that it is solely interpreted through thought... but in my opinion humans physically sense this 3rd dimension of space, we are just subconsciously processing it. Or processing it consciously but not really aware of it (like in a sort of algorithm). It's like natural beauty. Beauty, naturally, is usually defined by a general consensus that nature has defined through its own development. Most people see the same beauty in beautiful simple object. It's complexity of sorts that create the gap that defines what you truly define as beautiful and what you don't, like say, a face. If humans were to be able to only visualize the contours and features that we truly focus on in a face, most would really find it beautiful. Some see green eyes and certain facial features beautiful due to their natural sensory "algorithm," and most people are not aware of this, they simply process it as "beautiful" or "ugly" and never really truly know WHY they think so. That's what I think the sixth sense is like. It is a subconscious or conscious algorithm that is simply processed without question. All senses are like that really. But with the sixth sense, we are able to "feel" our way through the physical space, but the acuteness of that sense is dependent upon our other senses. Also, all senses are dependent upon eachother in some form or another. Sight and sound, sight and smell, they all combine to create perception. But with that sixth sense we are able to add a certain depth to an object or mental perception. I also say this because I have become aware of this "sensory space," as some call it, while high and I'm actually working on transferring this awareness to my normal conscious self. Today was actually a day that I did well with it. It is helping me understand why certain art is beautiful and I can notice shapes and contours in everyday life visually that create this "sense" I have of them. Through other senses it only happens when I'm high. I am becoming aware of this sense more and more and it has brought me to writing this theory. I'm not really educated in this, these are all my personal perceptions. Maybe when I learn a bit more I can understand it better, but this is how I perceive it now. Also I believe the sixth sense has to do with sensory focus. Like focusing on your hands while you type to type correctly, or even focusing eyes and ears. You need the awareness of your sensory space in order to focus certain things. All these sounds and images flood to your mind as 2 dimensions, but the sixth sense makes you aware of the 3rd dimension, allowing you to focus those 2 dimensional senses and adding depth. Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this, who knows, but it's interesting nonetheless. Anyway, I just thought I'd share.
For some reason this thread is making me think of quales or qualia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia I'm with Rasta_Man in that I don't think what you speak of is actually a sense. It's not independent of the other senses. It's more like a property of the senses. I like you're description: . I think what you speak of is our consciousness of the output of this algorithm.
Well, I suppose... but for some reason when I'm high I can "sense my space." Whether this is being created by my mind or not, it just got me to thinking. Others define this as being aware of the "fifth dimension" but that, for some reason, seems incorrect to me. And yeah, the algorithm is like something being processed in our subconscious and then it outputs a perception to our consciousness. Being high makes me more aware of the process, which kind of spawned this idea. The sixth sense is like a "feeling" of the 3rd dimension processed by our subconscious and output as the product of 3 dimensional perception. As with the other senses, they are processed as 2 dimensional perceptions and of which we are more consciously aware. I'm kind of wavering as, like I said, this is just a big blurb of thought with some sort of sensical application to it so i could sort of comprehend it better in my normal consciousness. When I'm high I find myself thinking more dynamically whereas normal consciousness is just a linear & parallel thought process. But I enjoy all feedback and additions .
Be proud that you are trying to understand the lessons of Mary, she has a lot to teach about reality that most don't bother to pay attention to. Psychoactive substances turn off/on the different parts of the brain that make you who you are when your straight. The lessons/insights achieved when these different parts are turned off/on, or when one enters an altered state of consciousness, should be highly prized when one returns back to consensual reality.
In the words of Ayn Rand: It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect. Take it as you will.