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|    Sylvia Else to David Dalton    |
|    Re: Testing ESP    |
|    26 Nov 21 15:53:43    |
      7a728a1f       From: sylvia@email.invalid              On 26-Nov-21 3:43 pm, David Dalton wrote:       > On Nov 26, 2021, Corey White wrote on alt.magick       > (in article<9d1856f5-305f-4448-b8ab-d70410269ad5n@googlegroups.com>):       >       >> To test psychic ability researchers have created experiments to       >> see if they could predict randomness. So far these experiments       >> haven't been fully accepted.       >>       >> I have a new way of doing this kind of experiment that may       >> actually work. The experiment connects the psychic to the       >> data. Instead of flipping a coin in another room and asking       >> the test subject to guess which side it lands on, we put the       >> coin in the subjects hand and let them flip it!       >>       >> A more controlled test uses a computer. To do this the       >> psychic holds down a button that would cycle through       >> colors, shapes, or numbers. They would attempt to       >> release the button so that it would stop on their       >> desired result.       >>       >> You don't expect 100% with this experiment of course,       >> and to see the results you wouldn't use lottery numbers       >> either.       >>       >> Why does this work? I think it has something to do with       >> the metaphysical concept of sympathetic links.       >       > You might want to post this to sci.skeptic . I am crossposting       > this to there and other groups, with Followup-To set back       > to alt.magick , but I think Bob Casanova, the main skeptic       > on sci.skeptic, may have me killfiled and may not see this.       >              Step 1. Find out whether it works. If it does...              Step 2. You won't get to step 2, so it doesn't matter.              Sylvia.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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