You are looking out the window, gazing at the branches moving in the wind when your partner says: “I forgot to stir the vinegar.” “Wow!”, you say. “That's exactly what I was thinking. Telepathy!” Source: Joshua Sortino, Unsplash Yes, well, what tree is it exactly that you are both looking at? It happens to be the apple tree from under which you picked the fallen apples for vinegar two weeks ago. Rather than adhering to formal logic, human thoughts tend to follow an often convoluted path of associations. Apple tree - apple picking - apple vinegar. Oops, it needs to be stirred. Oh, I should also wash up that disaster in the sink. If you're really on the same vibe with your partner, the next idea you might have in common is emigrating to New Zealand. But at least up to the vinegar, there is a perfectly ordinary explanation for how you both arrived to the same thought.
Far Closer than we Thought
Far Closer than we Thought
Far Closer than we Thought
You are looking out the window, gazing at the branches moving in the wind when your partner says: “I forgot to stir the vinegar.” “Wow!”, you say. “That's exactly what I was thinking. Telepathy!” Source: Joshua Sortino, Unsplash Yes, well, what tree is it exactly that you are both looking at? It happens to be the apple tree from under which you picked the fallen apples for vinegar two weeks ago. Rather than adhering to formal logic, human thoughts tend to follow an often convoluted path of associations. Apple tree - apple picking - apple vinegar. Oops, it needs to be stirred. Oh, I should also wash up that disaster in the sink. If you're really on the same vibe with your partner, the next idea you might have in common is emigrating to New Zealand. But at least up to the vinegar, there is a perfectly ordinary explanation for how you both arrived to the same thought.