Sixth Sense

 Six Sense

Not all of us were born with five senses. The blind don't have sight. The delf don't have hearing. Events can cause us to lose other senses. A few people with COVID lost their sense of taste or smell. An accident could cause a person to lose their sense of touch. 

There are ways to overcome some of these problems. First the Brain. The human brain is a unbelievable organ. A person without sight can hear better than someone with sight. The loss of taste doesn't stop the brain from feeling hungry. 

Technology is helping the brain. An implant, behind the ear, can help the hearing impaired hear. Retina implants can increase the sight of someone with limited sight. A few companies are testing brain implants that someday will help people with no motor skills move their limbs. Due to technology, 20 years from now, the disabled will be enabled. 

The thing about the brain that's so interesting is we only use a small portion of it's capabilities. Many, many millions of cells and synapses (the electrical charge the brain uses to do it's magic) are there, but not used. I believe, either technology or evolution will someday open up those pathways.

When that happens, two things will occur. One, the five senses will be greatly enhanced. Super hearing and sight, limb sensitivity, taste and smell. Kind of like Superman. Second, the holly grail - Sixth Sense.

What that will be is a great question. The movie "The Sixth Sense" has a child saying to his parents: "I see dead people." The movie Inception, is about a dead person seeing the physical world through a third dimension. 

I choose to believe there is a Sixth Sense. I choose to believe that when I'm gone my energy is going to a third dimension. This is not about religion stuff like heaven and hell. This is not about a God looking over me. This is about a place where our current five senses can not conceive. I call it the Universe.

Being a computer scientist, I choose to believe there has to be something beyond what we can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. What about you? If there was a Sixth Sense, what do you think it would be?