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Human magnetic 'sixth sense' discovered


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Now that's really cool. He was working with a very small sample, but it will be interesting to see what further research yields. We already know that birds for sure have this ability which is how they migrate. Butterflies, insects and some mammals (dogs I think) also have it. There's some debate as to how it works or how they sense it, so it would be neat if the human studies shed light on it (assuming we have it as well).

 

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Without reading the article first I will say I believe this.  I'm not great with direction myself but I know people  who have uncanny sense of direction and I've always thought that it was likely they could feel magnetic north.

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I knew several sailors that could tell you to what compass quadrant we were sailing while being under deck. I always attributed that to their memory (because you notice when a ship turns, even slightly).

Interesting.

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Everyone is exposed to a complex mix of weak electric and magnetic fields,   both at home and at work, from the generation and transmission of electricity, domestic appliances and industrial equipment, to telecommunications and broadcasting.

http://www.who.int/peh-emf/about/WhatisEMF/en/index1.html

 

Many people can detect phone masks, I am one of them as it does effect me, so it is no surprise that we have a sixth sense which is now being brought out, considering we are surrounded by electric and magnetic fields on a daily bases. 

It would be interesting to know if the 24 volunteers where from different areas which have different types and levels of magnetic fields? eg: some working in an office surrounded by computers each day and some living and working in the countryside which has no man made magnetic fields?

 

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It's like with the old tv back in the days. I remember in school if one of the tv was open, i could 'sense' it when i was near the door while some of my friends couldnt 'sense' it at all.

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Curious how the "magnetic field detection" seems more prevalent in sub-creatures than in humans.

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Doesn't surprise me. We can even sense the magnetic fields of small magnets, such as the ones you use on your refrigerator or to experiment with in science class. Figured it out one day when I was chilling at my desk. 

I appreciate that someone is doing this kind of research, as it will give new insight into how such things are achieved, as well as supply those unaware of such abilities the go-ahead to believe it possible, thus allowing them to explore and hone it for themselves.  

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Could explain why I'd always got a skull splitting headache when we did work at the power plants. Every single time. 

3 hours ago, jarjarbinks said:

It's like with the old tv back in the days. I remember in school if one of the tv was open, i could 'sense' it when i was near the door while some of my friends couldnt 'sense' it at all.

At least I'm not alone in this. 

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9 hours ago, questionmark said:

I knew several sailors that could tell you to what compass quadrant we were sailing while being under deck. I always attributed that to their memory (because you notice when a ship turns, even slightly).

Interesting.

Very interesting, from a very young age I had a passion for navigation and could orientate which direction was North without a compass.  I could do this in unfamiliar places in or outside.

As I have got older it seems to have faded.  It was a helpful skill before GPS, also fantastic when driving abroad.  Few people believed me.

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21 hours ago, UM-Bot said:

A researcher in the United States believes he has found evidence of a magnetic 'sixth sense' in humans.

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/296126/human-magnetic-sixth-sense-discovered

I'm so glad they are finally researching this. I got an EMF detector to play with because I always thought I sensed them more then most people and concluded I had this extra sense.

People have many unusual senses that are not researched enough.How the subconscious mind brings them to conscious awareness to each individidual is another story in itself!

 

 

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Considering that our bodies have trace amounts of metals and our nervous systems work on electrical exchanges I wouldn't be surprised if there was some magnetic sensory. Thank you for this video.

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Perhaps not too surprising when one considers how much DNA is shared among species. Birds, for example, are recognized as using magnetism for navigation. And, certain birds that hide their seeds to later retrieve them show a hippocampus that adjusts in size seasonally for mapping. Similarly, a study of London cab drivers showed a larger hippocampus in experienced drivers vs. those of less experience. We are better built than we often realize.

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On 6/27/2016 at 10:12 PM, pallidin said:

Curious how the "magnetic field detection" seems more prevalent in sub-creatures than in humans.

What are "sub creatures"?

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I still win bets frequently 'predicting' rain within three hours or less ...

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10 hours ago, Emma_Acid said:

What are "sub creatures"?

Oh, sorry, I just mean "non-humans", such as dogs, cats, birds, etc. My bad.

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13 hours ago, pallidin said:

Oh, sorry, I just mean "non-humans", such as dogs, cats, birds, etc. My bad.

Given how these animals migrate, partially using magnetism, I don't think its odd that they are more sensitive to magnetic fields at all.

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My theory (completely unsubstantiated) is this:

The human brain is divided into "conscious", "subconscious", and a smearing in-between.

Not sure if non-human animals have the developed frontal cortex (?) that causes "consciousness" to be an overriding aspect of "human experience"

In other words humans, with a dominant consciousness, for whatever reasons tends to suppress sub-conscious awareness. Exceptions include dreams, fight-or-flight response, clinical hypnosis and mental illness.

Perhaps this "magnetic sensing" involves specialized brain cells which resides in the "primal brain", inaccessible in many cases to a "conscious" developed, human.

With many non-human animals (not all) it is presumed that they operate solely with regards to their primal brain.

As such, perhaps they are more "reactive" to the primal brain "without giving it a thought"

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To go just a little further on this...

I wonder if a clinically hypnotized human subject (which effects access to the subconscious), and spun blindfolded in a chair, could accurately indicate "which way is North"

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