Does Science Truly Represent Reality?

No, you can't conclude that from what was given in the story. What is his hit rate? Sure, he may have been present at 25 deaths, but how many deaths did he miss, and how many times did he curl up next to someone who didn't die? This information needs to be known before we can conclude an effect.I think this is a clear case of confirmation bias, and I think the NEMJ should have pointed that out. I doubt people remember that the cat was there when the person lives, and I doubt they think of the cat if the cat wasn't there when a person dies. They only remember the hits, and forget the misses. More likely, it is using the senses we do know about in a way that we don't know specifically. For example, it could be smelling ketone bodies produced as tissues break-down. Seems the author of that story has a similar idea, considering how many times "sniffs the air" was mentioned.But I should have to be convinced that there is actually a real effect before I look into the mechanisms.Edited by Doddy, : punctuation

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You're interpreting that the wrong way.We don't know what we don't know. That is to say, that for all we know we could have a good grasp on reality, or we mightn't, but the important thing is that we don't know.In order to know if we are missing part of the story, we need the full story. And in order to know if the full story is really full, we need the full story. We can't know.Thus, I'd rewrite that as: "We can't know what we don't know".

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It might not have fooled them. Maybe they just thought it was an interesting story that people would like to read. Like Harry Potter - few people think that real. Harry can cast spells with his wand. Hearsay and anecdotes, not reality. You'd be suprised. This story will turn up on psychic's websites for decades to come.

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The problem is, it also poses no problem for it not existing.

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Because one can make any assumption that one likes. Something not observed could be assumed to not exist, or it could be assumed to exist, or it could be assumed to be part-way between existing and not.We can only be sure of something existing once we observe it. Else, it can't be said to exist or not, as either will be an assumption.

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