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   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   brian wrote:   
   > {:-]))) wrote:   
   >   
   >>Why can't paranormal activity be replicated in a lab?   
   >   
   >In the case of telepathy, part of the answer lies in the very phrase   
   >you use, "paranormal activity". That, and the lab setting, are   
   >attempts to isolate and objectify something that is by nature a form   
   >of intimate responsive contact. The wrong key is being used is all.   
      
   Akin to a quantum effect, prehaps,   
   given by Young's double-slot-machine phenomena.   
      
   When there are no, "detectors" involved, a wave-form   
   appears to be how reality manifests on various levels.   
   A quantum is able to move through openings simultaneously.   
      
   When there is an attempt made to pin something down   
   to an either/or type of situation, the phenomenon vanishes.   
      
   Such a metaphor is less than ideal.   
   Yet it might yield a hint. Thanks.   
      
   Faraday shielding also came to mind.   
   Trying to cage something in, cages it out.   
      
   That phenomenon may apply on many levels.   
      
   Explanations are interesting to me.   
      
   Not all of them need to be scientific   
   in order to be satisfying to the soul.   
      
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