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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.sci,net.misc
Subject: Re: Mind and Brain
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 11:31:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 11:31:16 1984
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> > Is there evidence for PSI that explains something the physical model cannot
> > account for? Apparently you can show us the aforementioned evidence?

> No, I can't prove or show you, but if you'll check out the PBS broadcast NOVA
> on this subject, "they" will show you some fairly convincing evidence.  Their
> program was aired this past week, and may still be running?  Also, you might
> investigate an L.A. based company named Delphi whose business is PSI.  Also,
> you might check with SRI (Stanford Research Institute, now SRI International).

The NOVA program was a crock.  It gave only lip service to skeptics on PSI,
and otherwise fell over itself to "prove" that PSI exists.  Most of the
"evidence" it discussed was warmed over stuff that has been refuted long
before.  No mention of Project Alpha was made (for those that are unfamiliar
with this, it was a "sting" like operation where an imposter posed as a
psychic to see if the psychic investigators would detect him cheating.  They
didn't.)  For another view of the program, consult the Summer, 1984 issue 
of the *Skeptical Inquirer*.

Let's face it, how credible are these "psi" researchers if they cannot
even detect an obvious fake?

Send flames.  I will be on vacation and won't be able to read them.
-- 

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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