Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!hplabs!sri-unix!king@Kestrel.ARPA From: king@Kestrel.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: precognition v. telekinesis Message-ID: <334@sri-arpa.ARPA> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 15:53:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.334 Posted: Fri Jun 28 15:53:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:56:55 EDT Lines: 9 To distinguish the two, we must make sure that all experimental subjects are unconcious during the generation of the random numbers. If we don't, and with hackers' hours there is little chance of finding such a time, apparent precognition could be the result of TK. The appropriate significance level should be the N'th root of 0.95, where N is the number of participants. This last objection is one I take seriously, and as far as I can see it is uniformly not followed by parapsychology workers.