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So quickly after Parapsychology has become recognized by the
official scientific body (American Asso. for Advancement of Science)
we now have a parapsychological experiment forcibly brought to the
attention of the American public. It seems that Edgar Mitchell, the
Apollo 14 astronaut who went with Alan Shepherd on the moon, has been
deeply interested in ESP for some time despite his Doctor of Science
degree from M. I.T.
Two weeks before launch date, he arranged a test
with a Chicago drafting engineer, Olof Johnson, who has unusual psychic
ability. The test used 25 regular colored ESP cards, 5 each of
O, L, +,=, V, in random order. Mitchell looked at each card for 15 sec-
onds in Cape Kennedy and Johnson in Chicago guessed which one of 5
it was and recorded his guesses.
There were ten sessions, making 250
guesses. Just by coincidence, with no ESP, Johnson should get one out
of 5, or 5 of 25, or 50 of 250 correct. It is reported that he got
about half or 125 of the 250 correct.
This is 125-150=75, too high
for coincidence. Such a deviation of 75 is more than ten standard
deviations, Vapq=6.4 odds of ten million to one against chance.
If
there was no censory leakage over the long distance telephone ESP was
working on earth as the odds against chance were too high.
Then
Mitchell took the cards up with him to the moon and six more sessions
were done during rest periods , hopefully one of them from behind the
moon. Six sessions of 25 guesses each make. 150 guesses. By chance
with no ESP Johnson should get 30 out of 150 correct. At this time it
is not reported how many Johnson got correct. If he got the standard
deviations ( npq=5.0) or 15 more than 30, that is 45 at least out of
his 150 moon guesses, the odds are more than 100 to one that this was
not coincidence but that ESP was working and so will reach out the
quarter of a million miles to the moon. Let us hope we soon find out
what happened. If it worked and especially if it worked from the back
of the moon, it seems to me opposition to parapsychology even by skep-
tical scientists will melt.
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