[ExI] psi in Nature

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:

> On 1/22/2010 11:51 AM, John Clark wrote:
> 
>> I don't need to personally experience Psi, as I've said many many times
>> just show me a pro Psi article in Nature or Science, that's all I ask.
> 
> Obviously you don't mean that. Here:
> 
> R. Targ and H. E. Puthoff, “Information Transmission under Conditions of Sensory Shielding,” Nature, vol. 252, pp. 602-607 (October 18, 1974)

IIRC that article came under serious dispute later.  I have no doubt that reputable scientists have studied psi and that more than a few are convinced of its reality.   Whether their evidence is convincing to myself or others is a different matter.  Personally I have had some anecdotal experiences I cannot explain without it, and I am quite imaginative and inventive of explanations.  But that is not scientific evidence of its reality of course.    And I have no real idea of what makes at least some psi work or what it implies.  

It is annoying that it seems to be extremely undependable and difficult to formally test, whatever the heck it may be.  But I cannot simply dismiss it.

- samantha