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From: achapman@cln.etc.bc.ca (ANITA CHAPMAN)
Subject: Re: Review of Shadows of the Mind
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In a previous article, sparky@netaxs.com (Tim Sheridan) says:

>Vic Cinc (vicc@ucc.su.oz.au) wrote:
>: if the hypothesis that mind can alter quantum probabilities is correct
>: then that should be testable. 
>
>A bicycle alters the Probibility of you being able to go faster than a 
>few miles an hour under your own power..
>
>A key alters the probibility of your opening a lock...
>
>The mind is no less quantum mechanical than a lock or a bicycle..  and no 
>more..   Superluminal or supertemporial action would be interesting but 
>that would cause some problems with modern physics..
>
>
>

These are good points.  I, for one, do believe in the mind's ability to 
affect randomness, and have seen it work more than once, with the 
volonteers(sp) trying to bias a random number generator.  And it does 
cause some problems with modern physics... Oh well.

Jason

