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Discounting all attacks against the mathematics of the Duke extra-sensory perception experiments, Edward V. Huntington '95, professor of Mechanics, in is it Chance or ESP?, an article in the Spring issue of the American Scholar, explains the mathematical basis for the Duke tests...
...typical Duke experiment involves the use of "ESP" cards. Now readily available at book-stores, these cards display five characteristic symbols: "square," "circle," "star," "plus," and "wave." A "pack" consists of 25 cards...
...natural that Margery should hear of the much publicized experiments of Psychologist Joseph Banks Rhine of Duke University, who believes in the existence of telepathy and clairvoyance as the result of tests with special "ESP" (ExtraSensory Perception) cards which he has patented. If one of Dr. Rhine's subjects guessed nine or ten right out of 25 hidden cards, he had a good score. To Margery, such scores seemed piddling. Margery challenged Dr. Rhine to sit in at a seance, watch her perform clairvoyance with cards. Dr. Rhine refused unless strict laboratory conditions were imposed. Margery "re-challenged...
...been discovered that Dr. Rhine's patented ESP cards can be read from the back when light is reflected from the back of the card at a certain angle. This, of course, is not true if a shield is interposed between the cards and the clairvoyant...
...Woodruff and R. W. George of Tarkio (Mo.) College reported affirmative results with ESP cards. When a screen was interposed between cards and performer, two subjects grew worse but one improved...