Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.physics Subject: Re: Paranormal crapola [Results of Precognition Experiment] Message-ID: <1136@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 11:15:49 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1136 Posted: Thu Jun 27 11:15:49 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 01:22:47 EDT References: <217@unccvax.UUCP> <460@oakhill.UUCP> <968@mhuxt.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:1992 net.physics:2686 >> I agree with much of the rest of the posting I'm replying to in that subtle >> behavioural mechanisms can be used to explain away a lot of so-called >> paranormal experiences. If I had not had the few spectacular (in my view) >> occasions where paranormal events had seemingly occured I would be much more >> skeptical of the whole subject. --Dave Trissel > Then perhaps you understand why most of the rest of us, who have never > witnessed *any* paranormal events, spectacular or not, are so skeptical of > the whole subject. Until I witness just one, I think I'll just continue > to assume that people like you, Dave, are either: > 1.) very easily amazed by the occasional low probability event which > occurs. > 2.) unconsciously coloring your memory of such events to make them > seem more amazing than they really were. > 3.) lying > 4.) one brick shy of a load [SONNTAG] You forgot the most important one: 5.) wishful thinking: wishing and hoping for the existence of paranormal phenomena and tainting your perceptions so as to make the events fit the particular patterns ("This respresents teleparakinetocognition!") you wish for. -- Like a bourbon? (HIC!) Drunk for the very first time... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr