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Originally Posted by duga
I think people experience a form of telepathy everyday, we just pass it off as "gut feelings" and instincts. Have you ever been able to tell that someone is nothing but bad news just by the feeling you get? Or maybe you trust someone unconditionally after meeting them for only 5 minutes. There are small things, but I feel they are definitely there.
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I don't think there's anything telepathic about stuff like this. When you meet someone, the unconscious part of your brain is processing all kinds of information about this person, interpreting the way they look, the way their facial expression changes, the way they stand or hold their arms, what they say and how they say it and so on .. A lot of stuff which you get by "normal" sensory input.
I think what you call a gut feeling is simply based on stuff like that. To judge how someone's going to react to you, whether or not they can be trusted, and so on would be highly important to our fitness as social animals and highly adaptive. So, we should be good at it and there are telltale signs that give you that information without the need of a sixth sense.
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Also, there's psychology involved here like association. Your fond memories of your grandmother and other experiences with elderly may make you more friendly inclined to old ladies for example.