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Vol.76
Seventh Sense |
| Sep.02,2024 |
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Humans are born with five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. There is also a sixth sense, which is called intuition or perception. It often refers to a real-time sense that allows people to react quickly to things that take place right in front of their eyes.
When I was young, I was driving on a two-lane road that goes through a village along the coast in Chiba Prefecture. A man pushing a two-wheeled cart suddenly came from a left narrow side street, trying to cross the road. I stepped on the brake and turned the steering wheel toward the left side of the road. I managed to pass by the man, very close to his back, fortunately resulting in no accident.
Let me clarify myself. I am not such a good driver that I have caused some property damage accidents but no personal injury accidents. I still remember that incident, and I am sure that I would have hit the man and his two-wheeled cart if I had turned the wheel to the right.
An instantaneous reaction that cannot be theoretically explained like this is called a sixth sense. I do not know how it is classified academically, but I think a sixth sense is a judgment or action made by an animal sense or experience-based instinct.
I titled this column "Seventh Sense" because there may be another instinct triggered by a collection of pure intelligence that takes place a little later than the above instantaneous reaction. Used in about three-second decision-making, this instinct can be called snap decision-making.
In today's society with too much information due to the fast-growing internet, we need to choose information using our seventh sense, which is backed by not emotions but intelligence.
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