[SFRA-L] daryl bem back in the news — QUERY stemming from (zonked rats [again])

[Damien Broderick]

On 3/2/2011 1:17 PM, Mark Shainblum wrote:

> I think the real scientific objections to psi come from physics: Given
> the physical structure of the human brain and nervous system, there
> doesn't seem to be anywhere near enough power (or a physical mechanism)
> that would allow for telepathy or telekinesis.

Indeed. And the objection to iPhones is that hardly anybody could carry 
those huge radio transmitters around on their backs, and the power cord 
would have to be absurdly long. And the objection to the Sun being older 
than a few thousand years is that the coal would all have burned up by now.

Damien Broderick