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From: kay@warwick.UUCP (Kay Dekker)
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Subject: Re: Comment about Uri Geller
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 01:42:58 EDT
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Well, I've just watched Tim and Dave discuss Uri Geller, and, at the end of
it I'm no wiser than I was before.  Neither, I should think, are they.
You know, the one thing that puzzles me about all this is:  why would anyone
who could perform things like those that are claimed for and by Geller want
(rationally) to defraud?  Seems to me that even if the "happenings" were
rare and unrepeatable, it shouldn't be *too* hard to investigate them, given
*one* thing: that the investigation could be performed dispassionately.
Tell me: is there no-one out there who can do even one tenth of those acts
claimed for Geller, and who is egoless enough to go in to explore their
ability honestly?  and are there no investigators who are "scientific"
(O disreputable word!) enough to collaborate in those investigations without
needing to involve those investigations in clouds of public denunciation?
If so, then the question of the existence and nature of "paranormal" events
must remain merely a matter of opinion.

BTW, normally I like and appreciate both Dave and Tim's postings.

						flamelessly,
							Kay.
-- 
"In a world without rational structure, even the most bizarre events must
eventually take place."   -- Philip Avalon, "On the Resurrection of Reagan"
			
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