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Actually, I think your point is very interesting. I have observed unusual behavior in animals that could easily be attributed to ‚precognition‘ - magic!

Yet, for them, it's just another survival tactic.

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Well, take a hound dog, for example. He has many, many, many more olfactory cells in his snout than humans. Imagine you and a dog are hiking along some unmarked trail. The dog, unbeknownst to you, notices the smell of gas. Maybe it bothers her, and she decides to walk away from there. You follow the dog, away from the trail, and discover that a couple of hours later, there's an explosion at the exact spot. There was a leaking gas pipe a dozen feet below, and the dog had noticed it.

That's a very nice story, but not at all what that book is about.

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