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Article #7483Re: Minor wit on psi experiment
From: Lambert Meertens
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 09:10
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 09:10
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In article <1090@mmm.UUCP> cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) writes:
> And the other important point, which you cut out of your quoting from
> the other article, is that if a subject can influence the outcome of a
> _deterministic_ process then there's some funny business going on. A
> person who can do this should also be able to get the following program:
>
> do forever {
> print "1"
> }
>
> to print something other than "1".
Maybe the "successful" subjects in psi experiments differ from the others
in that they can influence the charges on the neurons in the experimenters'
brains so as to make them _believe_ the subject did well. Sure saves the
subjects the chore of influencing all these boring random bits one by one.
So-called sceptics have myelin sheathing with better insulating properties.
--
Lambert Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam; lambert@mcvax.UUCP
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!lambert From: lambert@mcvax.uucp (Lambert Meertens) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Minor wit on psi experiment Message-ID: <7145@boring.mcvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Nov-86 04:10:10 EST Article-I.D.: boring.7145 Posted: Sat Nov 15 04:10:10 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Nov-86 01:27:15 EST References: <236@sri-arpa.ARPA> <3782@columbia.UUCP> <1090@mmm.UUCP> Reply-To: lambert@boring.uucp (Lambert Meertens) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 22 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax