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- From: jeh@raster.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
- Subject: Re: Testing for "Auras"
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 16:39:02 GMT
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- warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein) writes:
- : I don't see how one can test if a person sees "auras" or not. Unlike
- : the claim that someone can sense magnetism, where we all know how to
- : test if something is magnetic, how can one tell if the person is
- : seeing the "aura" or just claiming to?
-
- If the claim is just some vague feeling that the "seer" has about a person,
- (good vibes?) then it's untestable. Not only that, the power would be of no use
- to anyone even if it did exist.
-
- However, if the seer claims to get some kind of information from the aura that
- couldn't be discerned otherwise (such as being able to discern between a person
- and a mannikin under conditions that a normal person couldn't), then it's both
- testable and useful.
-
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- Ed Hanway --- jeh@raster.kodak.com
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