A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other people's sensations

Re:A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other peop... by atmosx on Monday July 13, 2015 @04:19PM (#9880769)

Important excerpt (to de-sensetionalize the title):

[..] But to be clear, Salinas cannot read minds. He doesn’t know whether Josh felt the impact of the reflex hammer, and the tingling in his kneecap says more about his own extraordinary nervous system than it does about that of his patient.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other peop... by mfoy_ on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:05PM (#9881095)

Yeah, it kind of makes the entire thing 90% less interesting.

Of course I assumed this was the case before reading it; I'm pretty sure legitimate psychic powers being discovered would warrant more than a HN article.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other peop... by anigbrowl on Monday July 13, 2015 @06:03PM (#9881457)

Even that's misleading - as so many of the examples depend on visual cues, the phenomenon appears to be a purely mental one and has nothing whatsoever to do with one's nervous system.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other peop... by guyzero on Monday July 13, 2015 @08:16PM (#9882059)

Mental phenomenon do have something to do with your nervous system...?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A rare condition causes a doctor to experience other peop... by moron4hire on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:33PM (#9881282)

Yet the title is "This Doctor Knows Exactly How You Feel". It's almost like they knew we wouldn't have clicked on "This Doctor Cringes Really Hard". Hmmm.

[ Parent | on HN ]