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Started by RMann%pco
Thu, 13 Nov 1986 22:03
Re: Mind Reading
Author: RMann%pco
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 22:03
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 22:03
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> I believe you failed to see my point. What I meant was, I was >able to detect the unusual nature of the event BEFORE it was verfied >to be a "coincidence." Sorry, I've got to butt in here. It seems that you are one of those rare people who have experienced unexplainable coincidences that seem so improbable that they must be due to psi phenomenon. Given a large enough population and enough time, it is very likely that at least one person in that population will experience a random set of events that are "unusual". This person is very likely to believe that it's due to psi or God's will, or fate, or karma, or whatever depending upon their constitutional right to believe in whatever they darn well choose. You seem to be one of these people. And I am sure that you cannot be convinced otherwise. I have NEVER experienced a "major" coincidence and I cannot be convinced there IS psi. However, if ever do experience a psi event, then I'm sure that I'll reconsider. :-) Remember, someone HAS to win the lottery, no matter how improbable that may seem to the rest of us losers. Roger
Re: Mind Reading
Author: Dave Trissel
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 03:26
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 03:26
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In article <245@sri-arpa.ARPA> RMann%pco@HI-MULTICS.ARPA writes:
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>> I believe you failed to see my point. What I meant was, I was >able
>to detect the unusual nature of the event BEFORE it was verfied >to be a
>"coincidence."
>
>Sorry, I've got to butt in here. It seems that you are one of those
>rare people who have experienced unexplainable coincidences that seem so
>improbable that they must be due to psi phenomenon.
Such events are not nearly as rare as you assume. Just last Sunday while
coming back from a trip to Big Bend Nat. Park I suddenly found myself thinking
about a computer programmer friend crashing a diskette and losing valuable
work shortly after noon. Past experience had taught me to recognize these
unusual changes in mental thoughts as being ESP related. Sure enough, the
person had been working on the weekend (a rare event in itself) and had
accidently erase a complete diskette on his Grid at that time.
Coincidence? If this only happened once sure. But every couple of months
I have the same thing kind of thing happen. No way that's coincidence.
-- Dave Trissel {ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally!im4u!oakhill!davet
Problem with Psi Discussion
Author: David desJardins
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 07:48
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 07:48
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In article <809@oakhill.UUCP> davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel) writes: >Such events are not nearly as rare as you assume. Just last Sunday while >coming back from a trip to Big Bend Nat. Park I suddenly found myself thinking >about a computer programmer friend crashing a diskette and losing valuable >work shortly after noon. Past experience had taught me to recognize these >unusual changes in mental thoughts as being ESP related. Sure enough, the >person had been working on the weekend (a rare event in itself) and had >accidently erase a complete diskette on his Grid at that time. > >Coincidence? If this only happened once sure. But every couple of months >I have the same thing kind of thing happen. No way that's coincidence. The problem I have with this kind of posting is discerning whether the poster is serious. If he is joking, then I can simply laugh and move on. If he is serious, I can give a disgusted groan and move on. But I find that when I don't know which, I am unable to leave the issue unresolved. Normally the way that the individual can identify the nature of his posting is by use of the "smiley face," `:-)'. The problem is that the absence of the smiley face does not necessarily indicate an absence of humorous intent. The solution? Simply put, the adoption of the "serious face," `:-|', by psi boosters, to indicate that they truly are proposing the notions in question. Other uses also come to mind -- I can think of many frequent posters who could find great utility in this. -- David desJardins :-|
Re: Mind Reading
Author: Matthew P Wiener
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 08:42
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 08:42
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Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: In article <809@oakhill.UUCP> davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel) writes: >Coincidence? If this only happened once sure. But every couple of months >I have the same thing kind of thing happen. No way that's coincidence. No way is it physics either. Scram, buster. ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
psi.physics
Author: Usenet netnews
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 10:05
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 10:05
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Organization : California Instititute of Technology From: myers@hobiecat.Caltech.Edu (Bob Myers) Path: hobiecat!myers When are we going to get a psi.physics group to DUMP all the people who want to discuss psi-fi? How about a pf-lovers group? -Bob Myers
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