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The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence

We have been brought up to believe that the mind is located inside the head. But there are good reasons for thinking that this view is too limited. Recent experimental results show that people can influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if they look from behind and if all sensory clues are eliminated. And people’s intentions can be detected by animals from miles away. The commonest kind of non-local interaction mental influence occurs in connection with telephone calls, where most people have had the experience of thinking of someone shortly before they ring. Controlled, randomized tests on telephone telepathy have given highly significant positive results. Research techniques have now been automated and experiments on telepathy are now being conducted through the internet and cell phones, enabling widespread participation.

Google Tech Talk by Rupert Sheldrake

Fri, February 6, 2009 - 9:53 PM permalink
“Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”



- Edsger Dijkstra — Creator of the shortest-path graph algorithm, and semaphores, amongst other things
Fri, February 6, 2009 - 9:48 PM permalink
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