Well firstly, it does not cover my comments at all. I asked for evidence of poltergeists, not ESP.
Secondly, I'd like to see your math for the "10 million-to-one" chance of it happening. I mean, I wouldn't all myself a math genius but I don't think having results that are twice as successful as chance mean that they have a 10-million-to-one probability of happening by chance (or even 3 times as successful as chance).
Of course, the other thing about this is that even though 20% is what you would expect if no psychic power exists, anything above 20% does not automatically mean psychic power is the explanation. It's certainly a result that needs explanation, but so far there is no evidence that actual psychic power exists, or how you would even detect this power. To give you an example, someone in the test could have got everything correct by coincidence (it is possible, and it happens), so how would you distinguish between psychic power and pure "luck"? No test that I know of can do this, but maybe you have some way that can.
Secondly, I'd like to see your math for the "10 million-to-one" chance of it happening. I mean, I wouldn't all myself a math genius but I don't think having results that are twice as successful as chance mean that they have a 10-million-to-one probability of happening by chance (or even 3 times as successful as chance).
Quote:A 2001 study into the validity of the Ganzfeld techniques found them a valid and scientific method.Can you give me a link to the study? On thing that would have to be securely tested is the method of selecting the card. Does the sender do it? If so, then there is immediate concern for collaboration or even prediction. Does the computer do it? If so, there is also concern that results may not be random at all.
Of course, the other thing about this is that even though 20% is what you would expect if no psychic power exists, anything above 20% does not automatically mean psychic power is the explanation. It's certainly a result that needs explanation, but so far there is no evidence that actual psychic power exists, or how you would even detect this power. To give you an example, someone in the test could have got everything correct by coincidence (it is possible, and it happens), so how would you distinguish between psychic power and pure "luck"? No test that I know of can do this, but maybe you have some way that can.
Quote:Added to this scientific method is the statistic that around 50% of the population will, at some point in their life, have an experience which can be described as ESP.Meaningless. Around 30% of people have near-death experiences at some point during their life. It was somewhat of a mystery for science until fighter pilots reported having them when they blacked out in a centrifuge (http://www.near-death.com/experiences/triggers06.html). This does not back up any theory you might have that ESP is in some way psychic.
Quote:Scientific, repeatable studies into psychic phenomenon. I changed from the case study because, obviously, it was a field study hence could not be replicated in the laboratory-like most field studies; they sacrifice scientific validity for ecological validity.Let's keep the topic on Poltergeists. Are you saying there are no case-studies involving poltergeists where scientific methods have been used to determined that poltergeists exist? Surely there must be...if they exist that is.
