There are plenty of studies.. I quoted one because posting walls of links really is in poor taste and difficult to manage if I heap all the info in one post. This was just a top result in the google search.
... why are they allowed to break the barrier of probability at all? I'll phrase it better; I see all the extra senses as underdeveloped muscles. Doesn't your sense of balance get better as you use it? Why not your sight? Your sight is your sight, how well you use it may change but you can't will your eyes from 40/80 to 20/20. They have a measurable maximum level and then we adapt the use of them better. If we use our primary 5 senses 96% (made up statistic) of the time and socially discourage the use of any other sense would it ever be able to develop naturally?
... why are they allowed to break the barrier of probability at all? I'll phrase it better; I see all the extra senses as underdeveloped muscles. Doesn't your sense of balance get better as you use it? Why not your sight? Your sight is your sight, how well you use it may change but you can't will your eyes from 40/80 to 20/20. They have a measurable maximum level and then we adapt the use of them better. If we use our primary 5 senses 96% (made up statistic) of the time and socially discourage the use of any other sense would it ever be able to develop naturally?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari