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