If nothing else, you can check the oven clock resetting by briefly flipping a circuit breaker and seeing what happens.
I’ve had a handful of things happen in my 37 years approximately this weird or slightly weirder, and so have many people I’ve met and many family members. I think it’s well within normal bounds without needing to suppose anything extraordinary or supernatural.
As far as where the line would be where I personally start questioning my mental state, I’m not sure precisely, but I can easily think of things that would be clearly beyond it. Consistency, stability, and community are all factors. Is whatever is happening recurring? Does it pass various tests I and others can concoct? Can others perceive it? How does it make me feel, other than seeming eerie?
Possibly silly example: If you’ve ever seen the movie What Women Want, there’s a scene where Mel Gibson asks Bette Midler to think of a number between one and a million so he can prove he can hear her thoughts. Best example I can think of where media showed a quick and reliable empirical test of a supposed supernatural phenomenon. Very different result from the Cactus Person prime factorization test.
If nothing else, you can check the oven clock resetting by briefly flipping a circuit breaker and seeing what happens.
I’ve had a handful of things happen in my 37 years approximately this weird or slightly weirder, and so have many people I’ve met and many family members. I think it’s well within normal bounds without needing to suppose anything extraordinary or supernatural.
As far as where the line would be where I personally start questioning my mental state, I’m not sure precisely, but I can easily think of things that would be clearly beyond it. Consistency, stability, and community are all factors. Is whatever is happening recurring? Does it pass various tests I and others can concoct? Can others perceive it? How does it make me feel, other than seeming eerie?
Possibly silly example: If you’ve ever seen the movie What Women Want, there’s a scene where Mel Gibson asks Bette Midler to think of a number between one and a million so he can prove he can hear her thoughts. Best example I can think of where media showed a quick and reliable empirical test of a supposed supernatural phenomenon. Very different result from the Cactus Person prime factorization test.