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    "A more appropriate comparison for the effects of ESP would be Dark Matter/Energy."

    When scientists refer to "dark matter" they are talking about the fact that objects in space have a greater gravitational effect than would be expected based on their mass. They don't assume a single explanation for this...some think it's because there's an unknown type of matter and energy that we are not currently able to detect. Others have suggested that the way we measure gravity itself is flawed. But there's nothing supernatural about it.

    With these tests you are talking about on the other hand, they are looking at statistical anomalies, like someone guessing a number more than the statistical average, and assuming a completely unjustified explanation, that people have psychic powers.

    The article I posted, if you read the part at the end it runs through some of the known flaws with these kind of experiments:

    http://skeptico.blogs.com/skepti…

    But even if the experiments weren't faked or flawed, there are plenty of other explanations for the results they are getting. No one has ever explained why we should think that people have psychic powers, other than it being a long-standing religious/mystical belief. It's no more plausible an explanation than saying that JEsus came down from heaven and implanted the thoughts in their brain.

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    • you can only say that because you have no experience with the phenomenon. personal or otherwise.yurimon
    • And you have? Please tell us about your psychic powers yurimon...ukit2
    • If you never tried to explore the world in the 1400's would you ever thought there was another continent?yurimon
    • No, but thank science for solving that!monospaced
    • If psychic power was real you could make a fortune on the stock market, among other things.ukit2
    • There would be no need to guess when the new iPhone was coming out...ukit2
    • those metaphores dont relate. its a consciousness issue. awareness or experience. metaphor linked to consciousness.yurimon
    • consciousness..yurimon
    • His "metaphors" are actually hypothetical situations, and they hold up.monospaced
    • it exist in the way your consciousness exist.yurimon
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