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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

Basically I call BS on all so-call psi phenomena.  Any objective test applied to so-called psychic powers always ends with excuses and failures.

 

If you truly believe in it or know someone who claims to be such a gifted individual, I hold up the James Randi $1,000,000 paranormal challenge which has never been beaten.   

 

And if you are so confident in anyone’s psychic ability, the Australian Skeptics offer $20,000 for nominating anyone who can complete their challenge, so step right up and earn yourself 20k.

 

The James Randi Educational Foundation

http://www.randi.org/research/index.html

 

Australian Skeptics

http://www.skeptics.com.au/prizes/challenge.htm

 

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From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Scott Boggs
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:37 AM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Peace in Our Hearts,Peace in the World... and Peace in the Park this Saturday

 

There's a great book that touches on that effect and more on the depth of scientific studies of psi phenomena. Basically, based on thousands of various studies, it's very well established that consciousness affects the physical world in numerous ways, and the non-locality predicted by Quantum Mechanics is real.

I first witnessed this sort of thing when my tai chi teacher, in San Francisco, would push some of the advanced students (standing about 30 feet away from him) using his mind. One would stand facing him and they were gradually pushed backward, off balance, like a gentle wind pushing a sail. It was a mind cracker.

The book is little dense, as it's about science by a scientist, but a remarkable work. It's "The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena" by Dean Radin.

http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Universe-Scientific-Psychic-Phenomena/dp/0062515020

Regards,
Scott

On 9/5/07, Cristóbal Palmer <cristobalpalmer AT gmail.com> wrote:

On 9/5/07, Susan LaBarre <idodesign AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> Empirical scientific studies have repeatedly demonstrated that when only 1%
> of a community practices 30 minutes of daily prayer, meditation or quiet
> reflection, local crime rates fall significantly.

Not that I'm doubting you, but could you point me to these studies?
That's a powerful and interesting statement. I'd like to be able to
make that argument myself, but I'd feel uncomfortable doing so without
seeing and referring to the published studies you refer to.

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