Humans can see into the future.

[UserNameGoesHere]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Well that's just common sense though isn't it? If that's all this theory is then why go to the trouble of the claim that it sees into the future, in any amount of timespan, however small?

In fact, why go into it at all? I thought that was pretty common knowledge.

It would be called mental calculations going on after an image is seen.

[FishFishRevolution]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

I knew you were gonna say that 1/10 of a second ago.

*clap clap*

Also, I like this theory and regardless of evidence for it or against it I believe it to be the absolute truth now.

[Reach]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Although phrased in a way I wouldn't put it, this has been known for an incredibly long time.

Our brains complete information that it does not have artificially all the time. The brain relies on these mental heuristics, or shortcuts to make it's job easier and more efficient. The only catch is that it isn't infallible.

This alone is half the reason people often see or experience things that simply aren't there. Under certain circumstances we can swear we see faces in garbled nonsense, etc. The majority of optical illusions are created by incorrect completion of information by the brain, and this is certainly not something that is new in psychology or neuroscience.

[Xception704]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

So if other senses are connected to the future too ... what would happen if you were about to say kick a ball, but somehow you managed to move your foot away 1/10 of a second before you were going to actually kick it.

Obviously, you wouldn't be able to move it away fast enough (or would you?) to avoid the ball completely, so would you feel the impact of the ball as you recoil, or would you feel the impact of the ball normally as you would kick it? Or both?

Mind boggling. o.O

[Kekeb]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Humans can anticipate?
ABSOLUTELY MIND BOGGLING.

[Mans0n]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

How is it nothing though? If you theoretically could see 1/10 into the future via physical means then wouldn't that suggest there would be other physical means to see even farther into the future?

I still think it's an attempt to patch an otherwise failing theory though.

The problem with that is, can anyone react to something in 1/10 a second, via physical means?

''there would be other physical means to see even farther into the future?'' where did this notion come from? 0.o I mean, I myself cannot honestly see how you could see into the future, via physical means, other than hynosis.

EDIT: only read the first 4 posts, because I didn't think anyone else was being serious.
Now i read it.

[ledwix]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Uh, yeah, I agree that the brain adds in things we think are normal even if the observational evidence hasn't yet been supplied or may never be supplied.

But about the 1/10 of a second thing...that just seems really obscure. It doesn't take a whole tenth of a second for light to reflect off something into your eye..unless it's like 18,000 miles away.

[rzr]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Considering the first 7 posts are all people with their seriousness, I think this thread has potential to stay nice and cozy here.

Read the rest of the thread, and tell me if you still feel this way.

[tsugomaru]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

Our brain is an amazing tool, it picks up a ton of information we don't consciously know with all our 5 senses. Even things like intuition aren't really intuition, but rather, memories of something we've experienced before. If we have a predict something that is about to happen, it's actually because we've noticed clues to hint it without really paying attention.

~Tsugomaru

[furslide4itg]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

its called reflexes

[tsugomaru]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

It's not a reflex. A reflex is when you react to something after you noticed it, not before.

~Tsugomaru

[Tps222]

Re: Humans can see into the future.

It's like that one spider in spider man 1 that borders almost on premonition.

PS: This picture this article as describing auto complete from Microsoft Word.

Even though I only typed Satis, it's assuming I'm going to type satisfactory and completes it for me.

The eye and brain do the same thing.