[ExI] [Extropolis] Thoughts on the manifesto of futurist science (1916).

[William Flynn Wallace]

Ben, you just can't change superstitions.  One study:  the myths about
certain psych subjects were measured at the start of a 101 class, and then
addressed and contradicted throughout the semester.  the myth measure was
given again at the end of the semester.  Same results.  No effects of
contractions.  Sad.   bill w

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 4:14 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 09/06/2023 01:41, Giulio Prisco wrote:
> > If humans have natural ESP abilities, good!
>
> If anyone turned out to have natural ESP abilities (I'm confident that
> won't happen), I think it would be far from good.
>
> It would basically mean that science is wrong, down to the fundamentals.
> That would not be good. Fortunately, it's so unlikely that we can safely
> discount it, I reckon.
>
> Ben
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