# ESP experiment **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567 "2002-09-01T15:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/1 "2002-09-01T15:25:18Z")
What is your explanation for the result of this “experiment”? [http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html#aleph3](http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp2.html#aleph3) If you know you have it figured out, please refrain from posting untill we can see some more creative explanations. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/2 "2002-09-01T15:31:32Z")
**All** of the cards from the original sequence have **been removed** from the later sequences. Not too hard. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/3 "2002-09-01T15:34:58Z")
That’s great 😃 I love the [explanations](http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp4.html). ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/4 "2002-09-01T15:36:14Z")
You’re a big meanie jerk, **samclem**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mandielise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mandielise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandielise)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/5 "2002-09-01T15:43:17Z")
C’mon, like y’all didn’t know how it happened!!! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/6 "2002-09-01T15:44:44Z")
Ooops! I truly apologize for not reading all of the original post. Didn’t mean to take the fun out. Just too used to being factual, I guess. Us GQ types are rather humorless. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/7 "2002-09-01T15:47:09Z")
Geez! Those explanations from the original site _were_ great. I personally think that it is an e-mail tracking system which has mutated. ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/8 "2002-09-01T15:56:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samclem \* > \*\ ***All** of the cards from the original sequence have **been removed** from the later sequences. Not too hard. \*\* Indeed; so why is it so hard for many to see? People even get tied up in explanations involving quantum effects. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/9 "2002-09-01T16:10:04Z")
When you ask people to pick a card, the generally will only focus their attention on the card they pick and ignore the other cards. It works so well with this “experiment” because all cards are face cards. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/10 "2002-09-02T04:32:20Z")
That was really easy! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/esp-experiment/126567/11 "2002-09-02T19:09:58Z")
My favorite from the explanations page: > [@](#): > > From Tara R. > Quantum mechanics may permit synchronicity of thought and computer software. I suggest that, on the quantum level, you were able to predict the card I selected even before I selected it. It is also possible that my brainwaves may influence your software. Although this seems far-fetched, we know that brainwaves are detectable with SQUID (superconducting quantum interference devices.)