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Our supersense gives us sacred values, and our sacred values create taboos.
Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
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The inclination or sense that they may be real is our supersense.
Scientific American - Why People Believe Invisible Agents Control the World William Harryman 2009
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The wind had blown gently all day long, but now with the coming of the darkness it swelled into the song which he alone heard, that playing of the breeze upon the leaves, which his supersense translated into notes and bars and harmonies.
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According to the review, the book argues that we are equipped with a supersense that "tunes into a hidden (and, let's face it, almost certainly imaginary) world of spirits, fates and spooky connections."
Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 2009
MaryW commented on the word supersense
Bruce M. Hood, The Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs (New York: HarperCollins, 2009), Prologue (former title: SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable)December 26, 2016