[ExI] Fwd: psi yet again

[The Avantguardian]

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> From: Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>
> To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:19:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Fwd: psi yet again
> 
> On 7/13/2010 4:45 PM, The Avantguardian wrote:
> 
> > Joan Ginther is an interesting case study for potential psi effects or
> > *something*. She has a PhD. in math and won the Texas Lotto 4 times
> 
> *Something*. Three of them were scratchies (not lotto), two from the same 
>store, hard to explain by psi. Maybe she's manipulating the deep grammar code of 
>this simulation... If the winner's name had been Greg Egan I'd be sure of it.

If psi was a real evolutionary adaptation, it could manifest itself in the 
ability to consistently be in the right place at the right time because of the 
obvious survival benefit. If the winning scratchie was in store X, a psychic 
would be intuitively drawn to purchase their tickets there. I am not saying she 
is psychic but the alternative is that she cheated and I am not sure how one 
would go about doing that. And if this is a simulation, then manipulating the 
code would be a good explanation for psi. Reading the code for passive psi 
effects (remote viewing etc.) and rewriting the code for active effects 
(psychokinesis etc.). In any case, I am all ears if anybody has a theory on how 
she cheated if that is the hypothesis.