Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!JLarson.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: JLarson.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: My thoughts on NOVA's ESP show Message-ID: <15905@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jan-84 04:47:21 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.15905 Posted: Tue Jan 24 04:47:21 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Jan-84 10:43:38 EST Lines: 17 From: John Larson Jef, I also saw the NOVA program on ESP and don't understand your criticism. Most of the comments I have seen in the Physics distribution in this regard smack of a close-minded unwillingness to look at the data. For example, did you hear what they were saying about Helmut Schmidt's radioactive decay experiment being replicated by several credible scientists ? Where is your evidence to discredit what they called "statistically significant" results ? These courageous scientists have dared to explore a very risky domain. I certainly don't know what to believe, and yes it is very scary to think that our current understanding of the mind and physics could be so wrong, but I for one am willing to look at their data with as open a mind as possible. John