Do we have ESP??

I keep wondering, is there any truth to psychic abilities?

Can some people really see the future before it unfolds? Are some people truly empathic? Telepathic even?

Obviously this all sounds very cool, but at the same time it's a bit frightening. Consider this: If people can really see the future, does this mean that our future is pre-planned? Do we have no say in what we're going to do? Are we led to a final destination by some unknown hand?

If people are truly empathic or telepathic, are our emotions and thoughts no longer our own? Do they feel and sense the emotions and thoughts that are not fully formed or only the ones we consciously feel and think? For example, I got seriously pissed off at my uncle the other day, and for one instant there was an image of me punching him and then throttling him. Maybe 2 seconds later that image was gone. But do these empathic and telepathic people (if they exist) feel even these miscarriages of thought and emotion? I would never hurt my uncle or any other member of my family, but we've all thought at one moment or another "I'm gonna kill him/her"

Are these the thoughts that are being broadcast, as well as the nice thoughts we probably seldom have?

Then the question becomes "Do we all have these powers to some extent?"

If we make an analogy regarding physical abilities, we can analyze this. Not everyone can participate in the 100 M dash at the Olympics, or be a Hockey Star, or an amazing Soccer Player like Pelé. If we delve into mental abilities, not everyone can play Chess like Kasparov, or analyze String theory like Dr. Brian Greene. But aren't we all capable of small examples of these? I may not be able to analyze String theory like Dr. Greene, but I can do arithmetic. I can't play Soccer like Pelé could but I can kick the ball around with my Dad or my Son. Is this analogy apt? And if it is, does this mean that although not all of us have strong extra-sensory powers, all of us may be capable of using them at a bare minimum of level?

And so we arrive at Intuition. Might intuition be a low level version of seeing the future, empathy and/or telepathy? Might we all at one point or another be receiving images, feelings or thoughts from those closest to us emotionally? I say "emotionally" because if ESP works at all, it doesn't seem to be location or distance oriented.

Or is intuition just simply our subconscious mind analyzing reactions, our surroundings, sounds, smells, vocal modulations, past actions and then a logical conclusion arises based on these stimuli?

I don't know.

And what of moments when intuition starts poking its head around when there is no immediate physical interaction? Can it be true intuition? Is this evidence that intuition is truly a function of extra-sensory perception? Or does the argument fall to pieces?

What are we supposed to do? Do we follow what our intuition tells us? Do we base it all on faith?

I know these are a lot of questions. But sometimes questions are all we have.

It all kind of scares me.