<div>The data so far :</div><div><br></div><a href="http://xkcd.com/373/">http://xkcd.com/373/</a><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/6 JOSHUA JOB <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nanite1018@gmail.com">nanite1018@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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I saw that Damien was talking about psi. I don't know what most of you think about it. It is good to have a crowd that at least has an opinion on it one way or the other though.<br>
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I reject all types of this stuff because there is no conceivable way in which they could operate. The information you would have to analyze in order to gain any information about things in the future, or in other regions, or that is actually happening in someone's mind would require a sensitivity and processing capacity so far beyond what our minds are capable of it is astonishing. Our senses are very limited in terms of their acuity.<br>
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Since I reject the very concept of an extra-body soul as meaningless and without ground in empirical evidence, I can see no way that any of this stuff could actually be real. Telepathy or empathy are likely a result of a Sherlock Holmesian attention to detail and an extremely good sense of body language analysis, etc. Other things, like precognition, are meaningless and are certainly the result of a combination of practical psychology (predicting what people will do based on knowledge about them), and of course luck and chance.<br>
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On a related note, the metaphysical studies (i.e. astrology, psychic, occult, new age; alternatively called "crap") section of my local Borders is now approximately equal in size to the philosophy (which is no longer labeled on any of the signs) and the science sections combined. I find that sad.<br>
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Joshua Job<br>
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