A sixth sense is a miraculous thing, which in itself suggests a supernatural order. The human intellect, however, for all its power and triumphs, is largely formed by this world and is therefore corruptible.

Dean Koontz
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William James, who is commonly credited with coining the phrase, “A man is not what he thinks he is, but rather what he thinks other people think he is,” stated that a sixth sense was exactly that: a sense that other people possessed that we did not. He believed that we all possess this sixth sense, and it was only through the use of our minds and senses that we were able to be corrupted and diminished by the world.

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