brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson) (07/23/84)
& From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
& ...
& didn't check their PO box for 3 weeks. She was so confident that
& her husband quit his job, told everyone goodbye, she called the
& newspaper which did a story on how she was sure she had won.
&
& The outcome? She won! I'd like to see an explanation of THAT
& based on hypnosis or the power of positive thinking!
One thing to keep in mind with these things, is
that although there might be a cause and effect,
they might be the reverse of what one might think.
Someone might claim that her positive thinking "psionically affected"
the outcome, but what if she were just a fortuneteller,
(maybe subconciously, anyway) and was positive because she "had"
won?
Brian Peterson {ucbvax, ihnp4, } !tektronix!shark!brianp