# ESP experiment has me shaking my head... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318 "2002-09-30T23:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/1 "2002-09-30T23:46:56Z")
Are we supposed to read your mind to get the OP ? ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/2 "2002-09-30T23:50:02Z")
If you were psychic, you’d know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/3 "2002-10-01T00:29:11Z")
They changed ALL of the cards. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/4 "2002-10-01T00:35:49Z")
So someone with talents made your head move involuntarily? Neat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/5 "2002-10-01T12:34:27Z")
OK, lets try again. [ESP Experiment](http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html) And, BTW SCARLETT67, thanks for giving it away!! That’s some AWESOME ESP you’ve got going for yourself. Ahem… It’s not so much the experiment, but after trying it click on the “Explainations” link. The explainations people came up with are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/6 "2002-10-01T12:40:32Z")
OK, lets try again. [ESP Experiment](http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html) And, BTW SCARLETT67, thanks for giving it away!! That’s some AWESOME ESP you’ve got going for yourself. Ahem… It’s not so much the experiment, but after trying it click on the “Explainations” link. The explainations people came up with are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/7 "2002-10-01T12:52:38Z")
Hey, for once I shot and scored. As for giving it away, well, the first time I saw that trick I nearly fell off my dinosaur. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/8 "2002-10-01T12:54:31Z")
As an afterthought: hey mods, maybe you could add spoiler tags to my first post in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/9 "2002-10-01T12:59:08Z")
> [@](#): > > As for giving it away, well, the first time I saw that trick I nearly fell off my dinosaur That’s about as funny as a screen door on a submarine 😃 My real reason for posting was to point out the explainations. This is what really has me shaking my head :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/10 "2002-10-01T13:01:52Z")
As an afterthought: hey mods, maybe you could add spoiler tags to my first post in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/11 "2002-10-01T13:06:13Z")
With explanations like that, it’s no wonder people can’t program their vcr’s. I’m just wondering how they figured out email and the web… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/12 "2002-10-01T13:13:17Z")
I love that page, especially for the submitted explanations. Though I admit, it’s frightening to me that such people walk among us. I find it fascinating to see how little it takes for someone to be willing to revise all of physics to explain one thing. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/13 "2002-10-01T13:15:01Z")
Telepathine…Quantum mechanics…subliminal suggestion…tracking eyeball movements I can’t believe people like this exist. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/14 "2002-10-01T13:26:15Z")
In my OP (the one the hamsters ate) I commented about Mr. Pickover’s books. They look pretty interesting, has anybody read any of them? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment-has-me-shaking-my-head/130318/15 "2002-10-01T13:51:20Z")
Those attempted explanations are hysterical… Look how close this one came before succumbing to bullshit: > [@](#): > > From: Andrew B > Your ESP experiment did a strange thing for me… I think I have an explanation though. I have a photographic memory, and although I was only thinking of one card, my super memory would have remembered all nine. Because your background colour was black, it would have absorped more aleph/pie waves and given this strange result. Change the background colour to a soothing blue or shocking pink and this effect might be diminished. Glad to be of help, Andrew. Clearly, he noticed that all the cards were being changed, but the proper bell didn’t ring.