[ExI] Physics versus psychology

Richard Loosemore rpwl at lightlink.com
Fri Oct 22 17:09:59 UTC 2010


BillK wrote:
[snip]

> That's probably a lot to do with why scientists are not interested in psi.
> 
> On the one hand - billion dollar machines going where no one has gone
> before, Nobels in sight, or at least a career as a famous researcher.
> 
> On the other hand - psychology stuff, which is basically people chatting.
> 
> No comparison.

Speaking as someone who was originally a physicist, but who then 
migrated to cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, the easier 
of the two is physics.



Richard Loosemore






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