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Awareness (Work in progress)

The theory that there are five sense organs, responsible for all of the human
sensory information, is based on the work of Aristotle derived from an archaic
understanding of human physiology. The five sensory organs, referenced by
Aristotle, are nose, eyes, ears, tongue, and skin. It is the view of the author
that Aristotle's framework of reasoning about five sensory organs is outdated and
inhibits people from furthering their understanding of reality and their experience
of it.

The author thinks it's more useful to think in terms of conscious awareness rather
than sense due to semantics. According to the theory put forward by Aristotle,
there are not more than five sensory organs, but one can be consciously aware of
more than just the neural activity which results from these five sensory organs, in
regards to environmental stimuli.

Some people throughout history have tried to expand Aristotle's work by devising
something they call the sixth sense. The notion of there being a sixth sense is
thought by some people to explain, and be used for, telepathic phenomenon. But
there is no sixth sensory organ.

Something some readers may find surprising is an active nervous system emits
electromagnetic radiation (bio-signal), and a human can be aware of and affected by
this radiation from others.

Some people may think that to be aware of bio-signals one need have, as a matter of
physiology, a specific cell type like a shark. Sharks have specific cells
(electroreceptors) on their face for detecting the electromagnetic signals emitted
from an active nervous system. The electroreceptors on a shark can be artificially
stimulated by the use of electronic equipment, as the laws of electromagnetism care
not for whether the emitter or receiver of the electromagnetic radiation is organic
or inorganic, the physics remains the same.

Electroreceptor cells and a sixth sensory organ are both absent in the human body,
so how can a human be consciously aware of bio-signals one may ask themselves. The
answer lies in the subjects of biophysics and neuroscience.

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