Bee,

I see no contradiction there. Gross patterns are easily recognized on a mechanical level, and are frequently used by people with a talent for fixing automobiles, but its purely mechanical pattern comparisons. The "extrasensory" bit is actually somewhat oxymoronic, I guess; but not everyone can detect the patters in (for example) persoanlity indicators.

In addition there is a world of non-local knowledge which appears in different degrees and different levels of accuracy to people depending on their makeup (which is part of what D. was describing). The extent of this potential to detect and assimilate non-local knowledge is completely unexplored, and it is almost entirely anecdotal data.


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