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- From: rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski)
- Subject: Re: Testing for "Auras"
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.141826.24840@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <1992Jul20.203459.1603@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Jul20.231943.16236@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:18:26 GMT
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- In <1992Jul20.231943.16236@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul20.203459.1603@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) writes:
- >> A person who claims to have been abducted also claims to be able to see
- >> auras. The person is willing to be tested under stringent conditions.
- >> We are considering devising trials to test this claim. We have a
- >> number of ideas already, but we'd be interested in hearing about any
- >> methodology readers of this newsgroup can recommend. Thx.
-
- > As stated, it is impossible to falsify the claim. How do you know
- >I am not "seeing auras" right now? The question is, just what information
- >does this person claim to be able to derive from the aura?
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- This is exactly what we hope to test. So far, the person has been
- fairly vague about the claims.
-
- We will post the results of the tests, and our methodology.
-
- Thx to everyone who replied here and thru e-mail.
-
- --
- Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca
- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada
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