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From: dmark@cs.Buffalo.EDU (David Mark)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.misc,sci.research
Subject: Re: Strange results in Nature article
Message-ID: <298@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: 30 Jul 88 03:04:20 GMT
References: <2263@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <575@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Reply-To: dmark@joey.UUCP (David Mark)
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In article <575@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> dkhusema@faui44.UUCP (Dirk Husemann) writes:
>From article <2263@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, by pell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Anthony Pelletier):

>                                After all, what *is* Nature, the Sun (Na-
>tional Enquirer) of the sciences? At least it seems like a pretty weird
>practise to send in a *magician* ("The Amazing Randi") to investigate an
>issue which has been verified by other labs also ...
>

I think my source for this is Canadian radio, but I recall that "The Amazing
Randi" is a leading (founding?) member of SICOP (Society for the Investigation
of Claims Of the Paranormal"), and has a terrific record of exposing hoaxes
involving mediums (media??), hauntings, spoon-bendings, etc.  I think he is
well qualified to investigate experimental methods, possible biases, etc.
Any SICOP members read this group?  (BTW, SICOP publishes The Skeptical
Enquirer.)

dmark@joey.cs.buffalo.edu