[ExI] Psi in a major science journal, J. Personality and Social Psychology

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Fri Oct 22 11:02:53 UTC 2010


On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> On 10/21/2010 10:54 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
>
>>> >  Actually, this is just factually incorrect.  Me, personally, I have
>>> > read
>>> >  dozens of papers that try to analyze how it works.  They may not be
>>> > good
>>> >  explanations, but they are attempts, at least.
>
>> I can't imagine reading one, much less dozens.
>
> By an amazing coincidence, that's exactly what all these fundamentalists in
> Texas say when told about papers analyzing how evolution works.

A friend of mine read the book of Oahspe cover to cover.  That may be
worst than reading dozens of papers on psi.  Here is a random sample
http://www.sacred-texts.com/oah/oah/oah13.htm

Incidentally, we see the results of evolution all around us.  Psi is a
lot harder to see.  The fact that gambling establishments are
profitable indicates it is uncommon/weak/unreliable if it exists at
all.

Keith




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