From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxz!hocda!spanky!ka Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: too smart for ESP Article-I.D.: spanky.210 Posted: Wed Feb 16 14:59:56 1983 Received: Mon Feb 21 08:03:02 1983 References: cbosg.2788 Radin is nit-picking. a) Users of computers are *generally* intelligent. The claim that "anyone can use a computer with sufficient instruction" may be true for *some* definitions of "use." b) I don't know of any data showing who believes in parapsychology, but it seems reasonable (to me) to assume that anyone who believes in parapsychology lacks the ability to evaluate its claims, and thus is *likely* have limited abilities to accomplish other intellectual tasks. c) Parapsychology is not a "method of study" by any definition *I* have ever encountered. Perhaps it is a "field of study", but many people seem to treat it as a "belief system." Yes, I might change my mind about ESP if 80% of the Nobel Prize winners believed in ESP. This is not "peer pressure". I rely on the statements of others for all of my information about this subject; thus if other people's opinions change, naturally mine will also. Kenneth Almquist