Compared to our other five senses, ESP is definitely our weakest. This seems to be true because our other five senses are so easily seen, but seeing that we all have ESP, it cannot be so easily seen, but we know that it is there. This is why ESP is one of our weakest senses.

             ESP, or extrasensory perception, is "Perception that occurs independently of the known sensory processes" (Encyclopedia Britannica, page 1). There are three known types of extrasensory perception. Those types are Precognition, telepathy, and clairvoyance. Research for extrasensory perception, precognition, telepathy, and clairvoyance has been conducted since the nineteenth century. Some evidence proving that extrasensory perception is real comes from data from experiments involving card-guessing games. One type of game that is used is when a certain subject will attempt to guess the correct symbols of cards hidden from their view. If the person gets a better than –chance percentage of guesses right, that person can be a suspect in having extrasensory perception. Having extrasensory perception can be extremely helpful in that investigation teams can use them to search for missing people or things. Yet, having extrasensory perception can also be a nuisance in that sometimes you may not want to be able to see the future or read other peoples minds. Plus, you never know what could happen to you if the knowledge of your sixth sense ever got out into the public. Either people wouldn"t believe you, or, if they did, you might be used as some kind of governmental experiment.

             The first type of extrasensory perception is called precognition. Precognition is "supernormal knowledge of future events, with emphasis not upon mentally causing the events to occur, but upon predicting those occurrences of which the subject claims has already been determined" (Encyclopedia Britannica, page 1).