The idea of ESP is contrived from the belief that human-beings are able to "perceive things beyond the scope of known bodily senses." It is believed that parapsychology can be defined as a "concept," much like God or the existence of an afterlife. Some people who believe in extra-sensory perception believe that these abilities are possessed by everyone. Other believers reckon that only certain people possess these powers, for example, psychics, shamans, or mediums. A common theory among the majority of parapsychology believers is that all people have extra-sensory perception, but there are established people whom are simply "more in tune" with their abilities than others (Harris 1-2). Additionally, the majority who believe in ESP are believers because of personal experience, but some hold their position based upon "anecdotal evidence," which are experiments and studies (Harris 1-2).…show more content… One of the most well-known supposed occurrences of extra-sensory perception in history is the sinking of the Titanic, and a novel that had been written by a man named Morgan Robertson called Futility. Futility is a novel about a magnificent liner named "Titan." Robertson claims that the idea came to him while he was in somewhat of a "trance," which would be precognition in parapsychology terms. The ship, which had an inadequate number of lifeboats on board, sinks after slamming into an iceberg. Fourteen years later, Titanic went down the same way during the same month, April. However, this instance being an occurrence of extra-sensory perception on Morgan Robertson's behalf is controversial since the sinking of Titanic is also an alleged conspiracy theory (Harris 3). Either way, it is easy to see that there was an additional entity at play other than just
