Re: Possibility of telepathy information theory (theory of)

From: Rick Russell (rickr_at_is.rice.edu)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:09:55 +0000 (UTC)

In article <768f7623.0411051505.686a1b02@posting.google.com>,
Fabrizio J. Bonsignore <fbonsignore@beethoven.com> wrote:
> Telepathy has been considered one of the phenomena for which science
> can offer no explanation, and which therefore is relegated to the
> category of superstition, though a very extended one.

Telepathy falls far behind other superstitions; things like astrology
and numerology are much better known, and more frequently believed, by
the general public.

> Most people have
> lived at one time or another the `meaningful coincidence` experience
> that leads to the belief in direct mind to mind communication

Evidence for this claim?

> If we live in a continuous reality we can safely assume that a given
> signal will diminish continuously over time, evetually integrating
> in the background noise but without losing its caracteristics.

This statement doesn't make a lot of sense. Signals diminish over
distance. The brain (or a radio transmitter) will continue to produce
signals over time, as long as power (biological or electric) is
applied.

I'm not sure if brain signals get weaker with age, but it's an
interesting question.

> So it is just a matter of asking: has the brain enough computing power
> to distinguish the effect on its own (generated) field caused by the
> signals of other brains?

It only becomes an issue of computing power if you can demonstrate
that the effects occur in the first place: that a non-trivial signal
is received and has an effect on the brain.

Rick R.

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