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- From: revpk@cellar.org (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal
- Subject: Re: WANTED: Research Info on Uri Geller
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- Date: 13 Aug 92 03:47:47 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.171612.23454@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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- mcgrath@cs.uiuc.edu (Robert McGrath) writes:
- > long discussion of how they attempted to independently replicate
- > some of P & T's findings, and what they found. This is very important
- > because M & K found the original reports were very incomplete. I
- > mentions this as a caution when you read the original sources.
- >
- > (Randi's book is not for the squeamish, he's not at all subtle
- > or pretty.)
- Etcetera. I'd also recommend Martin gardner's "Science: Good, Bad and
- Bogus" for some very trenchant essays regarding the heyday of P and T. The
- Marks and Kammann book "The psychology of the Psychic" is also highly
- recommended.
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