Stefan, --- In [email protected], "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Stefan Pochmann" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "d_j_salvia" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > As I wrote in response to Gustav, I did 100 trials with no > switching > > > and won 76 times. > > > > I think you overestimate our stupidity. > > > > Cheers! > > Stefan > > David asked me to apologize because he has done nothing to deserve my > questioning of his honesty. So here I go. Sorry David, if you say so, > I will believe it.
I wasn't asking you to believe anything, except that I accurately reported what I did. > Actually getting 76 out of 100 isn't so hard, after all you had 1/3 > chance each time, that's not nothing. I haven't computed the odds for > it But, I guess you missed that parts where I repeatedly said the I don't believe that chance rules human descision-making. > but I guess it's not like it means you're so lucky you should win > the lottery every week so that instead of wasting your time trying to > convince us with words, you could just fly all of us to your place and > we could try your program and get convinced easily. It would also be > cool to see research that's not 70 years old. "Mind Reach" by Russell Targ & Harold Puthoff, Introduction by Margaret Mead. ISBN 0-440-05688-8. > I encourage you to win > the lottery a few times and then sponsor some new research. You could > also hire a few crackers to shoot down this website which sells ESP > stuff: > http://www.parascope.com > > They pretend to believe in this stuff but they say: > > "Rhine is often popularly remembered as the man who "proved" that > psychic powers existed. While he did collect some compelling test > results that indicated statistically unlikely accuracy among his > subjects, subsequent examinations of his work have concluded that > procedural flaws and probability loopholes invalidate any claims of > proof." Don't believe everything you read. > How can they dare to pretend they advocate ESP and the like if they > attack completely honest and professional Mr Rhine? What a bad world > this is... If you were being professional about this yourself, you could, of course, read Rhine yourself, and, rather than take his or anyone's word for it, you could run such tests yourself. That's what science is about, after all, not just mouthing off, cheering on those you believe. David J > Cheers! > Stefan > > P.S. Is somebody capable of computing the odds for winning those 76 > out of 100? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
