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From: vicc@ucc.su.oz.au (Vic Cinc)
Subject: Re: Review of Shadows of the Mind
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Jack Sarfatti (sarfatti@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

: Further fuel for Josephson's 
: fire has recently been provided by Henry Pierce Stapp in the July 18, 
: 1994 Physical Review A (pp 18-24).  Stapp presents a detailed model for 
: a "delayed choice" psychokinetic experiment by Helmudt Schmidt in which 
: the"intent" of a conscious observer violates the statistical patterns of 
: orthodox quantum mechanics.  Stapp's remarkable paper explains real data 
: that he has allegedly replicated according to a private communication of 
: George Weissman to this author.

I would certainly be interested in hearing more about this point,
having just read "How the Self controls its brain" by John Eccles.
if the hypothesis that mind can alter quantum probabilities is correct
then that should be testable. 


Vic

