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Since there were 300 questions, and five possible answers to each one, chance alone would give 60 correct replies. If a student gets considerably above 60, it is possible that he has "ESP" ability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clairvoyants Try Perception Tests | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...large number of test-class required to achieve significant results, David Kahn, president of the society, hopes that a large number of people will offer their services. A favorable attitude toward ESP is in no way necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HSP Plans Tests In Telepathy for Today, Tomorrow | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...addition to working with ESP, Galbraith also served as administrator or consultant to several other government agencies, winning the Medal of Freedom for the Strategic Bombing Survey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Galbraith Raised To Post of Full Professor Here | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

...prove the powerful effect of motivation, he cited an experiment in which people, labeled "sheep," who believed strongly in the possibility of ESP consistently scored better than the laws of chance would allow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Murphy Relates Personality to ESP | 4/1/1949 | See Source »

...goats," who has scoffed at the notion of ESP, scored considerably less than mere random choices would give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Murphy Relates Personality to ESP | 4/1/1949 | See Source »

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