"The job of the conscious mind is to form a story out of all our sensations and reflections. Life as we experience it is not just a series of unconnected thoughts and events; it's a coherent narrative unfolding in an orderly universe. But sometimes we have experiences that don't fit our expectations and may even contradict what science has taught us is possible. In our attempts to accommodate such outlier phenomena, we often turn to unproven forces or entities. We start to believe in the paranormal."These days I feel the reasonings of people to be the most interesting phenomenon ever. It's quite gripping to see how we explain certain happenings. Let's say you've been feeling sick for some days and start looking for explanations. The first possible reasons you check are highly dependant on your age, your gender and your self-image. You can start thinking over your diet in the last few days in order to find something that you have eaten but you shouldn't have. Or you might have got disgusted by a situation. Or you are extremely empathetic and you've been reacting to the present weak state of your friend. Or you might be pregnant. And the list goes on. But we don't spend much time to find all the possible reasons. You can't get a quart into a pint pot. So we just pick one and render our thoughts, emotions and life accordingly.
I've found an interesting but long article on Psychology Today that deals with reasoning, with a special focus on the experiences (called anomalous experiences) when we are feeling the truth. In the next three posts I'll deal with our sixth sense based on the article. Hopefully, it will grab your attention.
I'm looking forward to your comments.
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