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Old 01-05-2011, 01:27 PM   #7
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Pico, I'll bet you have the same ability but don't realize it because you have access to clocks. If you were to live without clocks for a while you would quickly find that you have a internal clock that is surprisingly accurate.
It can be honed, too. My dad hasn't used an alarm clock in 30 years. He just makes a mental note of what time he needs to wake up, and no matter how tired he is, he wakes up right at that time. (He didn't just decide to do this one day, but over time he realized he was usually waking up on his own and looking over at the clock 30 seconds before it went off. The habit became so reliable that he stopped setting it.) He says the only time it doesn't work is if he goes to bed drunk.
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