Re: Timing Paranoia

2004-12-11 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 10:16 PM -0500 12/9/04, Roy M. Silvernail wrote: Imagine using observed timing to conclude that your agent provocateur operates from geostationary orbit. ..And here I thought VALIS was all in his head... Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet

Re: Timing Paranoia

2004-12-11 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
Steve Thompson wrote: --- R.W. (Bob) Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Imagine a paranoia involving mysterious e-mail delays and the length of time it takes to catagorize Imagine hordes of otherwise unemployable psychologists and cognitive psychologists deployed on mailing lists and

Re: Timing Paranoia

2004-12-11 Thread Steve Thompson
--- Roy M. Silvernail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve Thompson wrote: [imagine] Imagine using observed timing to conclude that your agent provocateur operates from geostationary orbit. That would be a neat trick considering the variety of likely signal path lengths to be found in the

Re: Timing Paranoia

2004-12-11 Thread R.W. (Bob) Erickson
Roy M. Silvernail wrote: Steve Thompson wrote: --- R.W. (Bob) Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Imagine a paranoia involving mysterious e-mail delays and the length of time it takes to catagorize Imagine hordes of otherwise unemployable psychologists and cognitive psychologists deployed

Re: Timing Paranoia

2004-12-11 Thread Steve Thompson
--- R.W. (Bob) Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the tools currently being used in the cognitive sciences is the measurement of reaction time to stimulus. What's this? The cognitive equivalent to wacking someone on the knee with a rubber hammer to measure the mentak kick reflex of