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Important excerpt (to de-sensetionalize the title): [..] But to be clear, Salinas cannot read minds. He doesn’t know whether Josh felt the impact of the reflex
by atmosx 11y ago
Important excerpt (to de-sensetionalize the title):
[..] But to be clear, Salinas cannot read minds. He doesn’t know whether Josh felt the impact of the reflex hammer, and the tingling in his kneecap says more about his own extraordinary nervous system than it does about that of his patient.
- mfoy_ 11y agoYeah, it kind of makes the entire thing 90% less interesting. Of course I assumed this was the case before reading it; I'm pretty sure legitimate psychic powers being discovered would warrant more than a HN article.
- moron4hire 11y agoYet the title is "This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel". It's almost like they knew we wouldn't have clicked on "This Doctor Cringes Really Hard". Hmmm.
- anigbrowl 11y agoEven that's misleading - as so many of the examples depend on visual cues, the phenomenon appears to be a purely mental one and has nothing whatsoever to do with one's nervous system.
- guyzero 11y agoMental phenomenon do have something to do with your nervous system...?