From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!cbosg!dir Newsgroups: net.misc Title: too smart for ESP Article-I.D.: cbosg.2788 Posted: Mon Feb 14 23:49:36 1983 Received: Fri Feb 18 07:44:56 1983 "I really find it hard to accept that ANYONE who is competent enough to use a computer system really believes in parapsychology." ... eagle!karn Karn's statement implies a. that people who use computers are competent (presumably intelligent, well-read, open-minded, etc.), b. that competent people would not believe in parapsychology because they are too smart, and c. that parapsychology is something that one believes in. Implication (a) is false: anyone can use a computer with sufficient instruction. Implication (b) is false: there is always someone smarter than you or I who will believe that some parapsychological phenomena are real. Implication (c) is false: parapsychology is a method of study, not a belief system. I wonder how many net readers would change their mind about ESP if 80% of the Nobel Prize winners expressed belief in ESP. We are swayed by scientific peer pressure to an amazing degree. D. Radin - Bell Labs Columbus