Sixth sense and intuition

[Aoi Magi]

Our brain is dealing with loads of info which we don't realize consciously. For example, in an experiment it was seen that people can normally tell the difference between a hot and cold beverage being poured in to the cup, by just hearing the sound. Martial artists, and people with physical disabilities often show heightened senses which amazes us mere mortals. We all have these senses, we just don't use them properly, but that doesn't mean they are not doing their jobs. They do collect all the info and push it all to our brain to process, and the brain uses these additional info to infer things, which seem like intuition or the sixth sense to us.

Also in other situations, 6th sense is pretty much the outcome of a confirmation bias. Let's say personA has a loved one, personB, who gets into an accident. And personA claims they had felt that personB was in danger, though they might've been on the other side of the planet. The thing that happens generally in this situation is, personA is always worried about their loved one, but until something actually happens, they'll subconsciously discard these worries. Now personA might consciously or subconsciously know some traits of personB which causes the worry, like maybe, personB is a bit sick recently? or perhaps is a bad driver but is going on a road trip? So when the incident does occur, in their own mind they associate it with the worry at that moment and attribute it a special meaning, the 6th sense.