Warp wrote:

> somebody <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
>> Just when I thought my opinion of humanity could not get any lower:
> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
>> http://www.ade651.com/ade651in.html
> 
>   You wouldn't believe how easily scientists themselves are fooled by
> magicians and tricksters because they, for whatever reason, don't
> understand the importance of some of the most basic scientifical testing,
> such as double-blind controlled tests.
> 
>   The "double" there is quite important. Many scientists are way too
> confident on their own capacity to not to influence the test results and
> to interpret the results impartially.

Didn't both the CIA and the KGB at a stage seriously study psychokinesis, 
"reading" and other types of "extrasensory" phenomena for possible military 
applications?

-- 
Stefan Viljoen

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