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On the susceptibility of
a manually operated random selector to psi
dexterity: a preliminary
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Written by Administrator
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Knowles, E A G (1952). On the
susceptibility of a manually operated random selector to psi dexterity: a
preliminary report. Journal of Parapsychology, 16, (pp. 41-58) Abstract A manually operated random selector
designed to illustrate statistical problems was tested to see if it could be
affected by psychokinesis. A pointer was spun by hand over a paper scale
bearing a circle divided into 15 sections; a cover containing a brake pad
was then brought down over the pointer and scale by the subject who
concentrated on having the pointer come to rest in a specified sector of the
scale. The two subjects made 800 spins with statistically significant
results. The author concludes that the results were due to a psychic effect
rather than to bias in the apparatus.
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