THAT STRANGE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD - IS IT PARANORMAL?

There are numerous times when something in our mind speaks to us without being auditory, a thought that suddenly pops into our heads and becomes the foremost conscious idea of the moment. Examples such as thoughts of

a loved one passed on, someone who provides motivation to accomplish a task or that reminds you and serves as inspiration for a goal you wish to achieve. But I want to talk about another kind of voice. It is a voice that practically infers that it's not just a memory being recalled, but rather a real-time communication from beyond. Here is a testimonial from one such person as an example:

"My father-in-law had a strange experience one day. He was working in his garage, moving some tools around, when he suddenly felt a strong urge to move one of the cars, a Subaru, out into the driveway. He didn’t understand why, since the car wasn’t in his way and it seemed like a waste of time. But the feeling wouldn’t go away, so he went and got his car keys, backed the car out, and got out of the car.

Just then, a speeding Tesla zoomed past him, only a couple of feet away, and crashed straight into the garage. The car burst into flames. If he had stayed in the garage, he probably would have been killed.

The fire destroyed the whole garage and his other car. It took about nine months for him and his wife to be able to move back into the house. But at least he was alive, and they still had the Subaru. There was no clear reason for the 'little voice' that told him to move the car, but it saved his life."

There are countless accounts of people where that "voice in their head" helps avert injury or tragedy including certain death. People experience a feeling of dread come over them and decide to not get on that plane, train or travel by car, go to a certain place, take a different route or even cancel attending a scheduled event. There are stories of individuals who had an overwhelming sense of dread before boarding the Titanic in 1912 and decided to cancel their trip. Several people have reported feeling an inexplicable urge to stay home on September 11, 2001, despite having work or travel plans near the World Trade Center. Some described hearing an inner voice telling them not to go. In 1979, a man named David Booth had recurring nightmares about a plane crash. He reported his dreams to authorities, describing the exact type of aircraft involved. Days later, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all passengers on board. Booth’s eerie premonition remains one of the most well-documented cases of intuitive warnings.

What can we attribute that voice to? Are there some sort of guardians beyond our earthly plane that are charged with our protection, sort of like a guide or guardian angel? (As a side note, if that is the case, it would logically imply that what happens to us is predetermined and beyond our control. In other words, "it wasn't our time to go.") Is it our mind's ability to have extrasensory perception that heighten our senses? Better yet, there are some who might associate such "warnings" to the paranormal. Was it a loved one who has passed on yet still looking after us, communicating via an untapped telepathic ability we might possess?

Today, one cannot talk about this topic without taking a dive into the topic of AI. AI itself will reveal it contains the following:

- Predictive algorithms rely on patterns, correlations, and statistical probabilities to make forecasts—but they don’t quite have "feelings" or true intuition in the way humans do. However, some advanced models exhibit qualities that might seem eerily close to an instinctual "gut feeling." Not available to the public, there are Deep Learning & Neural Networks that can recognize highly intricate patterns and anomalies that even traditional statistical methods might miss. This can make their predictions seem more like intuition than rigid calculation.

- Generative AI & Scenario Modeling systems are trained to imagine possible futures by synthesizing countless variables in a way that might feel akin to a “hunch.”

- Sentiment Analysis & Predictive Behavior systems can analyze human emotions in text, speech, and trends, sometimes foreseeing reactions before they fully materialize.

AI is constantly advancing, with its predictive algorithms approaching a level that resembles foresight, going beyond mere statistical outcomes and akin to a simulated human-like intuition. It's a daunting concept.

Finally, think about your own life and that spur-of-the-moment decision not to take that next bus, train, flight, elevator or to cancel plans, etc. Is it such an uncommon experience after all and are our brains doing that same predictive conclusion that AI is developing within its own algorithms?

- MoonJoey