Science discovers 'proof' of precognition?

[Ideasman]

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...finally-discovered-evidence-psychic-phenomena

I shall be religiously memorizing the lottery results after they are published (at least until the debunking...)

Original paper appear to be in print.

 

[James_H]

Very interested, it would be good to see if anyone can duplicate these results.

 

[ramonmercado]

Why didn't they announce the discovery in advance?

 

[Dr_Baltar]

Why didn't they announce the discovery in advance?

Presumably because they already know it's going to be revealed as a flawed experiment.

No...wait...that doesn't work...

 

[gattino]

It doesn't mention the obvious mindbending paradox of this.

If I understood it right if you were, for example, to take an exam and then study for it afterwards you would do better in the results of that exam than if you didn't study at all.

But what happens if you're told the result of the exam between taking it and studying for it?? Your future studying may have improved your score, but now that the score has been established why would you need to study...because it won;t now change whether you do or you don't!?!

:shock: :?

 

[guestus]

I can sometimes guess what people say in advance Although honestly I always thought that was due to picking up subconsciously the patterns of speech in people or something, that was my theory.