[extropy-chat] Re: Damien grants psi evidence

[spike]

John Clarke:

>... her words were equivalent her to shouting at the top of her lungs,
>"LOOK AT ME DANCE NAKED IN THE MOOLIGHT, I AM A CRACKPOT!!" I do agree with
>you and Jessica Utts on one thing however, the proof that 
>ESP exists is very definitely as good as it will ever get...

Hey, if she will agree to that, I will listen to her
theories, and bring a flashlight.


BillK:

> 
> ... it's worth noting that Utts is a professor
> of statistics at UC, Davis, with a PhD in Statistics...
> 

Think of it this way: if there are 30,000 statistics and
math PhDs in the world, it stands to reason that there is
about a 63% chance that at least one of them would do a
study which has a 4 sigma outcome by pure chance, which 
would puzzle the hapless scholar to the point of misleading
herself.

spike