From: Thomas Porter <txporter@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 04:37:43 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Quantum teleportation and communication
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At 10:29 AM 1/28/98 -0800, Tim May thoughtfully expounded thus:
[Info on various quantum effects snipped]

>More info in the sources named. Avoid the pop science treatments by Nick
>Herbert, unless other, more mainstream sources are also consulted at the
>same time. And definitely avoid the "psi" nonsense of Jack Sarfatti.
>
>Gribbin's books are pretty good.
>


While Sarfatti may be a bit whacko. PSI is proving to be anything but
nonsense.

I agree that there is a _lot_ of "sheep & goats" effect in the literature,
but I think Ed May's critiques of the AIR study of Remote Viewing done by
SAIC's Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (at http://www.lfr.org/csl/index.html
) are worth reading.  MI analysts who did RV at Ft. Meade have received
commendations and medals for the intelligence they generated using RV. 

FWIW

Tom Porter                                       txporter@mindspring.com
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the right answers come out?'  I am not able rightly to apprehend the 
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