[ExI] Sigh (was: never say never)

[Adrian Tymes]

Or, psi is small enough that it can only reliably be detected with such huge
sample sizes, and even then the effect is small enough that it has been lost
in the noise (or "overhead" - an acceptable deviation from pure mathematical
models when dealing with the costs associated with running a real casino,
that don't appear in said models), which is why there have been such sporadic
results trying to reproduce it in labs with tiny sample sizes.

Of course, in that case, unless and until it can reliably be made use of, it's
practically the same as if it did not exist for most intents and purposes.

--- On Thu, 7/1/10, John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net> wrote:
Oh I think I have an idea, and if psi exists at all it just can't be infinitesimal. If the psi effect were anywhere near large enough for crummy scientists with teeny sample size to detect it then the effect would be obvious to a blind man in a fog bank when dealing with casinos with their HUGE sample size. In particular it would be obvious to government tax collectors who would be screaming bloody murder and asking why their take of the action is smaller than mathematicians say it should be. Casino operators would have to prove that psi is real or somebody is going to jail for tax avoidance. 
  John K Clark 





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