Deja VU explained

In this podcast, Kit attempts to explain the unexplainable nature of Deva Vu.

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Welcome to Kit's Myths and Mysteries, listened to in all 50 states and 39 countries. Stories from the world you thought you knew. And if this podcast seems familiar, well, it's on deja vu. A while back I did a podcast on the scientific definition of deja vu. But after all the scientific mumble-jumble related to the cause of deja vu, the fact came out that those explanations were based on scientific theory put out by those that wanted to dismiss the feeling having done something or met someone before. Today we'll take a look at deja vu through a different lens, and it is indeed no less scientific than the theories put out by the so-called world of science. If deja vu is to be considered real, then we must look at several other topics. Have you ever experienced a sudden feeling of familiarity while in a completely new place? Or the feeling you've had that exact conversation with someone before? Have you ever felt like you have experienced a time or a place or an event before, but never knew it was possible? In recent times, several individuals were interviewed and spoke of places they'd visited. They even had specific details about these places, details they could only have known if they had been there before. Well, according to popular belief, there are no explanations of experiencing this deja vu. We do, however, know from people's comments, interviews, and stories that deja vu can happen anytime. According to popular belief, there are no explanations of experiencing this deja vu. We do know, however, from people's comments, interviews, and stories, that deja vu can happen at any time without notice. It is not planned and can randomly hit individuals. But there are some very interesting conflicting reports. It's difficult to study deja vu, the odd feelings you get when you sense something like you've already experienced it, something that you know you are doing for the first time, yet you've experienced it before. This is because the phenomenon is rare and difficult to reproduce. However, there are similarities between deja vu and more common experiences of seeing a person who seems vaguely familiar to you but whose name you can't remember. Deja vu experienced is the ability to discern that it isn't real. On encountering deja vu, the brain runs a sort of check, a sense check, searching for objective evidence of the prior experience and then disregarding it as illusion or the illusion that it is. People with deja vu have been known to lose this ability completely. Professor Chris Mulan gives us an interesting example of deja vu. One of the foremost experts on the deja vu experience, he describes a patient he encountered while working at a memory clinic and hospital in Bath, England. In 2000, Mulan received a letter from a local GP referring to an 80-year-old former engineer known as AKP. As a result of gradual brain cell death caused by dementia, AKP was now suffering from chronic and perpetual deja vu. AKP claimed that he had given up watching television and reading the newspaper because he knew what it was all about and what was about to happen. His wife said that he was someone who felt as though everything in his life had happened before. AKP was resistant to the idea of visiting Moulin at his clinic because he felt as though he had already been there, despite the fact that he never had. On being introduced to Dr. Mulan for the first time, the man claimed to be able to give specific details of occasions where they had met before, and he did. What is deja vu? No one seems to know, not in the scientific world or the world of paranormal. Yet statistically, 80% of Americans say they have experienced the feeling of deja vu. So I hope you have experienced a little deja vu with this podcast. The paranormal nature of deja vu was produced here at Night Owl Sound Studio and brought to you in part by Owl Creek Press. Check them out, Owlcreek Press.com and Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library. I'm Kit Crumb, hoping you experience some deja vu. And thanks for listening.