[net.sci] Parapsychology: massaging the data.

tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) (07/04/86)

> [Mike Huybensz]
> Gee, now it's my turn for an analogy.  Psi researchers until now have been
> like unicorn hunters whose methodology is to shoot at random and then look
> to see if they can find a unicorn body.  That didn't work too well, and many
> fraudulent carcasses were produced.  The newer methodologies instead shoot
> more bullets and look for unicorn influence on bullet paths.
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The analogy does not hold up.  Unicorn hunters have enough sense to 
give up when they can't find a body.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan