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I think Anne makes a very interesting point, we know that our nervous system limits us greatly, exactly how much we do not know. I know that it may seem silly but I have always thought that the saying 'where there is smoke there is fire' is generally pretty accurate. So many people throughout the centuries have claimed to see ghosts or spirits or other such things that the main stream population has insisted are fabrication, but what if those select few who claim to have seen such phenomena have in fact a more acute nervous system. I often times wonder where to draw the line between reality and fantasy, if in fact our nervous system are limiting what we are able to experience then what is reality? Is our perceived reality a fantasy? How much are we missing out on? Is there any way an individual can fine tune their nervous system?

I remember reading an article about a man who was very active in the martial arts, this man was able to teach himself not to feel pain. Can it be assumed therefore that pain was not reality for him, and the notion of pain was fantasy?

I also watching one of the James Bond movies where James Bond is able to lower his own heart rate past what one would consider a 'normal' spectrum can one teach their own nervous system I guess is my question?