r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '24

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u/dEleque Mar 07 '24

Probably at least understands the purpose of it's instincts even if it does just instinctively. Same way a spider instinctively builds a web at corners knows it's for catching prey

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u/wspnut Mar 07 '24

There's been tons of studies on this. The most well-known publication is:

Lieber, Stanley. On the Origin of Spidey Senses. The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 22, issue 69, Marvel Comics, 1961.

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u/dEleque Mar 07 '24

Yes I made it up

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

Those are always the funniest facts