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Can dogs sense the supernatural?

Can dogs sense the supernatural?

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SouthernDemocrat said:
That is an observation. A biologist observed that a dog reacted with what he perceived to be anticipation before their owners got home at unexpected times. He could not explain that, but that does not then automatically mean there is a supernatural explanation for it. You are using a "God of the gaps argument". I cannot explain this, therefore God (or any other supernatural explanation).
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That is what science is... observations.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
This is you, this is every memory you will ever have, this is every feeling you will ever experience, this is everything you perceive, know, or feel, this is you:
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I am afraid to ask but how is that relevant to ANYTHING that I have said or asked?
 
SocialD said:
Some of the things that have happened make you wonder though. And not just dogs either.

Ever read about Lawrence Anthony. a guy they called the Elephant Whisperer. He had worked with a couple herds of elephants but had moved away and they hadn't seen him in a few years.
He died one day and the day he died all the elephants broke out of the reserve they were on and marched 12 hours to his home and stayed there for a day or so. After 'mourning' him they returned to their reserve.

As for dogs for instance yes they have a keener sense of smell than people. trained dogs can locate a buried body but some have located bodies up to 30 feet down. an argument could be made that its more than just smell at that point.
who knows.
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Wondering leads to questioning. Questioning leads to learning. Learning leads to knowledge.

We don't want that here... just look at the arguments.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Meaningless... now try to prove that the love being mapped is for you.
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You have no clue what happens in the brain do you?

No surprise there.
 
Bodhisattva said:
That is what science is... observations.
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No, not just observations. There are models too. For example, to argue that dogs can sense the supernatural, we have to empirically show the supernatural actually exists and develop a model for how it would interact with the natural world so that dogs could sense it.

Otherwise, we are just observing examples of dog behavior that we cannot yet explain.

For example, when Darwin published his theory of Evolution, he did not know that genes existed. Thus he had a theory, but he did not know the specific mechanics of how traits were passed on from generation to generation, just that they were. Nevertheless, he did not then assert that there was a supernatural force involved in passing those traits from generation to generation.
 
Bodhisattva said:
I am afraid to ask but how is that relevant to ANYTHING that I have said or asked?
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Is it your assertion then that supernatural forces like "love", exists supernaturally within the physical realm of our central nervous system?
 
Cephus said:
You have no clue what happens in the brain do you?

No surprise there.
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Yep. You posted irrelevant information that did not prove your case and that means that I have no clue. Well done.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Is it your assertion then that supernatural forces like "love", exists supernaturally within the physical realm of our central nervous system?
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Not sure I understand. I think that love is an observable emotion that Cephus can show happens but can't prove who it is directed at.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Not sure I understand. I think that love is an observable emotion that Cephus can show happens but can't prove who it is directed at.
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We know that love, an observable emotion, is generated in the central nervous system. Just because we do not know the exact mechanics of how the brain constructs the emotion, does not mean that it does not have a completely physical explanation.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Yep. You posted irrelevant information that did not prove your case and that means that I have no clue. Well done.
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You seem to think that there's a difference between what goes on in your brain and "you".

You are wrong.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
We know that love, an observable emotion, is generated in the central nervous system. Just because we do not know the exact mechanics of how the brain constructs the emotion, does not mean that it does not have a completely physical explanation.
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Gotchya... it does have a 100% physical explanation. Agreed.

My challenge to Cephus is to prove that the observable love we are witnessing is about a specific person.
 
Cephus said:
You seem to think that there's a difference between what goes on in your brain and "you".

You are wrong.
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Well, can't say this was an interesting conversation.
 
SocialD said:
Some of the things that have happened make you wonder though. And not just dogs either.

Ever read about Lawrence Anthony. a guy they called the Elephant Whisperer. He had worked with a couple herds of elephants but had moved away and they hadn't seen him in a few years.
He died one day and the day he died all the elephants broke out of the reserve they were on and marched 12 hours to his home and stayed there for a day or so. After 'mourning' him they returned to their reserve.

As for dogs for instance yes they have a keener sense of smell than people. trained dogs can locate a buried body but some have located bodies up to 30 feet down. an argument could be made that its more than just smell at that point.
who knows.
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Cool story. I doubt that it really happened.
 
Cephus said:
You have no clue what happens in the brain do you?

No surprise there.
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Don't bother. He has already stated that he does this for fun. Don't make the mistake of taking him seriously.
 
Cephus said:
Because you believe idiotic things. We know.
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Hey... you tried.

Failed...

But you tried.

Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap...
 
zyzygy said:
Don't bother. He has already stated that he does this for fun. Don't make the mistake of taking him seriously.
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That doesn't negate the fact that I understand this debate well and have soundly defeated his point...
 
zyzygy said:
Don't bother. He has already stated that he does this for fun. Don't make the mistake of taking him seriously.
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Yet another troll. Joy.
 
Bodhisattva said:
[h=1]Can dogs sense the supernatural?[/h]

Whether folklore or fact, many of us would like to believe that our dogs can detect unexplained or invisible presences, guided by a canine sixth sense. It's exciting, and comforting, to think a favorite dog is sensitive to a departed relative or friend.

But hard evidence of dogs' extrasensory perception is elusive and anecdotal. The 2009 book "Tails of the Afterlife," by Peggy Schmidt, chronicles multiple instances of unexplainable actions by dogs who apparently interact with something, or someone, unseen.

Can dogs sense the supernatural? | Dog Behavior | Animal Planet
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did some one prove the existence of the supernatural if not then no one knows
 
I live not far from a cemetery, and often walk my dogs through there, and whenever we walk through it they constantly look around them and sniff at things I can't see....
 
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