2006-08-04 14:40:11 · 8 answers · asked by rodneycrater 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
If not, how would one go about scientifically disproving this notion?
2006-08-04 14:48:51 · update #1
A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking
http://www.skepdic.com/essays/haskins.pdf
2006-08-04 15:10:39 · update #2
Is this an "argument from ignorance" as defined by the above reference?
2006-08-04 15:28:01 · update #3
I have read recently that Deja Vu is actually just a glitch in the mind. Our minds have a hiccup and we just recognize that someone had just hit us a 1/2 a second before we registered it. I prefer the dream theory. What an interesting subject. thanks... steph
2006-08-04 21:21:59 · answer #1 · answered by STEPHEEDEE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go with the "glitch in the time-space continuum" theory. Suppose every instant is saved forever somewhere holographically in the time space continuum. Then suppose that our lives are just a gazillion of these instants experienced by our consciousness in a particular order. Then deja vu would be simply a time when they real you - your consciousness - skips ahead by mistake, sort of like when you accidentally turn two pages when reading a book and then go, "...what the ?@#$%" before realizing what happened.
2006-08-04 14:48:48 · answer #2 · answered by rj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. We usually have about three or four dream cycles a night, and most of us have trouble remembering dreams from the last ones. During my last couple of deja vu's, I felt like I must have dreamed it before, perhaps during a forgotten dream.
I don't believe that dreams are meaningless. I know a few people who've had precognitive dreams too close to perfect to be pure intuition, and I've had one myself.
2006-08-04 14:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by yarvin2004 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think déjà vu is just an illusion. We just think we experienced it before or seen it before, we are probably just reminded of a similar event or image.
I've always wanted to belive in ESP, but I don't think déjà vu really has to do with it.
2006-08-04 15:35:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've had similar experiences to Yarvin, and some that I absolutely beyond a doubt knew I had dreamed before. I've never felt completely like I've been there already but I haven't.... though.
2006-08-04 14:52:55 · answer #5 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! It could also be somewhat along the lines of Einsteins theory on the time continuum theory! Good question!
2006-08-04 14:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by wellbeing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's as feasible as any other explanation. Life is far to complex to rule out any answers for inexplicable experiences.
2006-08-04 14:45:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe so! I believe that it shows us that we're on the right path, that we're suppost to be doing exactly this at exactly this time.
It's weird, because when it happens to me, I also get thoughts.....random thoughts.....they don't make much sense at the time, but they have come true!
2006-08-04 14:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by Jen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋