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Déjà Vu: What We Know

Déjà Vu: What We Know

The defining features of a true déjà experience are sudden shock and bafflement, accompanied by the unsettling conviction that what one is experiencing is impossible – and yet it’s happening.

This is different to feelings of vague familiarity with things that remind you of something from your past, or someone you know or have known. Such experiences are not uncommon.

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jamesthecooper

Started studying chemistry at college, never finished.

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