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Voice please

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AUDIO PLEASE. 2605:A601:AE2D:E600:D8F1:C07F:A724:1FE8 (talk) 02:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Someone should quote and add article about relesed cia stargate files

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Someone should quote and add article about relesed cia stargate files 2001:14BB:A7:CC96:D881:2E5D:F817:B7AB (talk) 23:46, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Does not sound like a reliable source. --Hob Gadling (talk) 09:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

CIA is not a reliable source? 2001:999:484:A71D:B6F5:36B7:DA9A:5CC6 (talk) 16:07, 28 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Stargate Project (U.S. Army unit) - Roxy the dog 18:25, 28 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Sixth sense

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Sometimes the term Sixth sense also refers to Proprioception. 46.125.249.42 (talk) 18:52, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. A quick google brought me a couple of articles which prove your point, but the substance needs to be added to the other article first, then a redirect template can be added to the top of this one. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Bad lead

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The lead defines, albeit indirectly (this is the next sentence), empathy and intuition as paranormal characteristics; nothing more ignorant. I kindly ask that the lead be better organized, because at the moment it implies that having empathy towards another person (for example, towards a disabled person) is a paranormal ability (sure, maybe in contemporary society, where there is a lot of individualism, it could be almost a paranormal ability...). 151.38.33.230 (talk) 18:46, 27 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Empathy and intuition are not 'extrasensory', so the solution is to remove the items that were wrongly included rather than water down the opening sentence. MrOllie (talk) 19:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Writing Arguments About STEM

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