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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Matthew Manning's psychokinetic achievements
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 15:12:41 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <nkjrm.109@taxus.uib.no>
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- In article <nkjrm.109@taxus.uib.no>, nkjrm@taxus.uib.no (Rolf Manne) writes:
- >What I want to know, however, is if there exist investigations of scientific
- >merit of the claimed achievements of Matthew Manning.
- >
- >Two investigators of Manning's achievements are named in Dammann's
- >book, a Canadian psychiatrist Joel Whitton and a British neurochemist
- >Glen Rein. A library search shows Whitton as the author of a book on
- >reincarnation and G. Rein as a bona fide scientist but apparently without
- >scientific publications bordering upon the paranormal. Does anyone know
- >what else these people have done?
-
- You'd do better to ask whether Manning's achievements have been investigated by
- a stage magician. Since many of his "achievements" sound quite reminiscent of
- well-known conjuring effects, any team attempting to test Manning's claims
- would do well to have an expert in that field as a member.
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