Editing Extrasensory perception (section)

{{Short description|Claims of perceiving information by a 6th sense, the mind}}
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'''Extrasensory perception''' ('''ESP'''), also known as a '''sixth sense''', or '''cryptaesthesia''', is a claimed [[paranormal]] ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical [[sense]]s, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by [[Duke University]] botanist [[Joseph Banks Rhine|J. B. Rhine]] to denote [[psychic]] [[abilities]] such as [[intuition]], [[telepathy]], [[Psychometry (paranormal)|psychometry]], [[clairvoyance]], [[empathy]] and their trans-temporal operation as [[precognition]] or [[retrocognition]].<ref name="SheehyChapman2002">{{cite book|author1=Noel Sheehy|author2=Antony J. Chapman|author3=Wendy A. Conroy|title=Biographical Dictionary of Psychology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzA6s7KZo-MC&pg=PA409 |year=2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-28561-2|pages=409–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=CRYPTAESTHESIA definition and meaning | website=Collins English Dictionary | date=11 March 2024 | url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cryptaesthesia | access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>

'''Second sight''' is an alleged form of extrasensory perception, whereby a person perceives information, in the form of a [[Vision (religion)|vision]], about future events before they happen ([[precognition]]), or about things or events at remote locations ([[remote viewing]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=second+sight|title=WordNet Search - 3.1|website=wordnetweb.princeton.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite dictionary |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second+sight |title=second sight  |date=16 June 2024 |dictionary=Merriam-Webster}}</ref> There is no evidence that second sight exists. Reports of second sight are known only from anecdotes. Second sight and ESP are classified as [[pseudoscience]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Regal |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Regal |year=2009 |title=Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/pseudosciencecri00rega_858 |url-access=limited |publisher=Greenwood |page=[https://archive.org/details/pseudosciencecri00rega_858/page/n190 169] |isbn= 978-0-313-35507-3}}</ref>