[kirklancaster]

As usual, when confronted by the truly inexplicable, 'Science' comes up with a 'rational' explanation which does not really explain - in my opinion.

The explanation of there being 'a split-second delay in transferring information from one side of the brain to the other' is only plausible in certain cases.

In some 'one off' 'instantaneous' cases where a person has an experience which they feel certain that they have had before, perhaps there is something in the delay explanation, but such a 'theory does not explain other types of 'Deja Vu' which I - and others - have experienced.

These include:

1) An actual 'Deja Vu' experience of an event having occurred before, but then one actually REMEMBERS the previous occasion which was months or even years before.

This cannot be attributed to coincidence or even synchronicity, and NO 'split second delay' between perception and processing by the brain can account for this very real experience either.

2) A 'Deja Vu' experience when one KNOWS what is going to happen next.

One of my own experiences of this was quite recent;

I was working on rewriting my book, and I always listen to classical music when I 'write' because it helps me. At the exact instant that 'The Flower Duet from Lakme' came on, my wife shouted to me from the other room that my 'dinner was ready'. I experienced 'Deja Vu' and shouted back to her that the phone was going to ring and that it would be her sister (who did not contact us very often).

As I sat down to my dinner just a moment later, sure enough her sister telephoned.

No 'split second delay' between perception and processing by the brain can account for this very real experience either.

Scientific 'Knowledge' is in a permanent state of flux - with today's 'absolutes' becoming tomorrow's 'discredited theories' as new discoveries are made, and hence, science has definitely not got 'all the answers'.

In my opinion anyway.