Yay, more pseudo-scientific research about telephone telepathy.
"Rupert Sheldrake, whose research is funded by the respected Trinity College, Cambridge, said on Tuesday he had conducted experiments that proved that such precognition existed for telephone calls and even e-mails."
I guess he’ll be entering James Randi Educational Foundation’s Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge any day now. Or not.
Just a cursory reading of the article tosses up several problems. One, the test subjects got to choose what relatives would participate, so they already knew who could be calling. If phone telepathy works, then why not have them choose from a hundred random callers? Why would this only work with relatives and friends? Seems to me, having the ability to know what telemarketer is calling would be much more useful.
Also, since only a few of the subjects were apparently monitored, all the "evidence" becomes anecdote.
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