I’ll try my best to approach this without offending. I have a few questions though…
@rojo: “I have noticed that if I think of someone to whom I have not spoken, or even thought of, in a while I will get a call or text from them within the day.”
Could it be possible that the person you are thinking about also thought of you as well and called you because some time has passed and it felt unusual that you two hadn’t spoken in that time? In other words, the closeness that you two have might be the thing that triggers a need to reach out around the same length of time. Is this possible?
My mother used to express this same thing when I was younger. If she hadn’t heard from a great aunt for some time, she might think of this person or dream of them because they’re on the mind due to a love and concern. Then, if soon after that the great aunt ends up in the hospital, she would assume her recent thoughts of the person were signs of some kind of psychic phenomenon.
@KNOWITALL: “My co-worker walked up to me in the middle of a busy afternoon and without talking I handed her what she wanted.”
Is it possible that you’re just more observant than you give yourself credit for? In other words, do you feel that you could have just picked up on cues and info that made you bring your co-worker what she wanted?
Do you feel that normal explanations for how the brain works (confirmation bias, observational qualities and nonverbal cues, etc) are an insufficient explanation for such phenomena? And if so, do you feel that there is a better explanation? What mechanism explains these “psychic” abilities? And why hasn’t anyone ever been able to demonstrate these abilities when properly tested?