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  3. From: lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,rec.arts.startrek.tech
  5. Subject: Re: New Physics, Healing, Paranormal
  6. Message-ID: <26JAN199314221804@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu>
  7. Date: 26 Jan 93 21:22:00 GMT
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  15. In article <C1H8Dr.7r3.2@cs.cmu.edu>, lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes...
  16. >petitc@nuge105.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:
  17. >>there is supposedly (or so I've heard) scientific proof that some
  18. >>forms of ESP do in fact exist.  I think the head of Stanford's Engineering
  19. >>dept. did some studies which showed that, by trying to influence certain
  20. >>statistically valid actions (e.g. 100,000 flips of a coin, in one second, by a
  21. >>computer), the subjects did have a small but measurable influence.
  22. >That would be interesting IF IT WERE TRUE. But the last I heard, it
  23. >just isn't true. 
  24. >Since you are the person making the amazing claim, it's up to you to
  25. >produce the amazing facts. Find a reference, please.
  26.  
  27. Princeton, not Stanford.  There are lots of references, including many
  28. Technical Notes published by the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research
  29. center.  Roger Nelson of PEAR has previously sent out a listing of
  30. available reports to interested parties; I have one or two somewhere.
  31.  
  32. Jim Lippard              Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
  33. Dept. of Philosophy      Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
  34. University of Arizona
  35. Tucson, AZ 85721
  36.