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This isn’t a statistical study with questionable methodology or a fleeting observation, it is a constant and personal empirical experience we all have that has

• taneq 3y ago
  OK, here's self-reported evidence that I have precognition. When I'm riding my motorbike I typically have my face shield open (I wear sunnies so no point keeping it down, plus I like the fresh air.) If a piece of grit or something gets past and hits my face near my eyes, it feels like I blink a split second before it hits. Clearly I have precognition. An alternate explanation is that my blink reflex is triggered locally by nerve cells around my eyes, regardless of what my brain does. My brain then receives sensory inputs indicating that I've blinked. It only finds out that something hit my face a split second (say 100ms, that seems to be one 'tick' for most brain things?) afterwards since touch data from that area of skin is fairly low resolution. At this point my brain feels pretty strongly that it wants to blink, to protect my eyes. Here comes the fun bit: Since there's always a strong and seemingly causal link between "something hitting face near eye", "eye has blinked", and "brain wants to blink" my brain is pretty sure it actually decided to blink just before the grit actually hit me. This feels to me like I blink, out of nowhere, then a split second later feel something hit my face. How can you argue with my constant and empirical experience?