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  • It’s Almost Like ESP, Day 2

    Once again, I took part in Richard Wiseman’s fun but flawed Twitter remote viewing study. Here’s what I tweeted when he said he was at the location: Here is what I drew (rotated to disingenuously enhance appearance of psychic ability): And here is where Richard turned out to be: Once again proving that I’m totally…

  • It’s Almost Like ESP

    Popular psychologist Richard Wiseman is currently conducting a unique study that uses Twitter to gather research participants. He’s seeing if his Twitter followers can engage in remote viewing to detect where Richard is located (explanation here). So the idea is that Richard goes to a randomly chosen location, then asks people on Twitter to use…

  • Vote For Books: Screens Versus Real Paper

    Dan Brown at the London Free Press recently wondered about reading and books in his column. On his blog he solicited feedback about people’s reading habits. The first comment on it, by John L., was: “I read the internet. Books are so boring.” Which got me thinking; do people really think this now? Are there…