Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!qantel!vlsvax1!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!king@Kestrel.ARPA From: king@Kestrel.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: psychic predictions Message-ID: <298@sri-arpa.ARPA> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 12:47:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.298 Posted: Fri Jun 21 12:47:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 04:09:30 EDT Lines: 20 _________________________________ >From physics-request@sri-unix Thu Jun 20 18:41:47 1985 >Date: Thu, 20 Jun 85 16:10:48 EDT From: John H. HeimannSubject: Re: psychic predictions To: Rick McGeer (on an aaa-60-s) Cc: jheimann@BBNCCY.ARPA, physics@sri-unix.ARPA It is also worth noting that everything that might appear to have a selective advantage is not necessarily selected for. Why isn't everybody endowed with Carl Lewis' ability to run? Almost everybody can run 2/3 as fast as he can. I do not claim everybody's ESP talents should be equal, but that the best would be almost the norm. If a paleolithic man could have done what Geller claims to be able to do, with as little energy expenditure, he would have had little to fear from predators and would have had a full stomach.