On 12/10/07 10:05 AM, "Wacek Kusnierczyk"
<Waclaw.Marcin.Kusnierczyk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  (01)
>> So what does a scientist do? Observe until they are reasonably satisfied
>> there is a norm or baseline then look for statistical anomalies? Isn't this
>> somewhat flawed too since we can never really be 100% sure we have truly
>> tested everything? I got into an argument with a friend last weekend over
>> the existence of god. He stated that since there is no positive evidence
>> god exists, it proves there is no god. His inference takes a quantum leap
>> in logic obviously as what it really means is that god's existence cannot be
>> scientifically verified. God may exist or may not exist was my position.
>> 
>> So how does this conflict with the topic of the thread. The experience that
>> you think of someone and they call you? Statistically, unless it had been
>> studied (I am sure it has), there is a small but real probability than some
>> human beings have capabilities beyond our perceptions.
> At least, it could be that for some of us it does happen that while they
> think of their friends, those friends do think of them too, at the same
> time. It still does not prove any capabilities beyond our perceptions.
> It rather touches the problem of multiple testing, when you analyze your
> statistics.
>
> vQ
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