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Article #5388Re: will anyone test/check my psychic power?
From: Ben Finney
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:25
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:25
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Graham Cooper <grahamcooper7@gmail.com> writes: > isnt God about to be famous in magazines? > you can be wary on the way to work by carrying an umbrella > her eyes dart, he is angry, must be buying a house So, you have demonstrated that, *after* finding out what the words actually were, you can come up with some way to connect them together with your guesses. How is that any more impressive than what any of us can do playing parlour games or inventing fanciful conspiracy theories? Moreover, how could any possible answer of yours ever count as a fail? If you can say just about anything and still count it as a success, what exactly is your power supposed to be? -- \ “Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may | `\ hear from others twice as much as we speak.” —Epictetus, | _o__) _Fragments_ | Ben Finney
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