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Maglev
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Posted - 11/18/2003 :  12:13:15  Show Profile  Visit Maglev's Homepage  Send Maglev an ICQ Message Send Maglev a Private Message
Cecil Adams' "The Straight Dope": How come TV psychics seem so convincing?

Not much I haven't heard before, but an interesting read none the less.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcoldreading.html

Oh, and do check out today's Weird Earl's link

Maglev

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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/18/2003 :  18:00:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
Maglev wrote:
quote:
Oh, and do check out today's Weird Earl's link
You tall, Maglev? Actually, I heard about the "Knee Defender" on NPR yesterday.

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Maglev
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Posted - 11/19/2003 :  07:18:46   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Maglev's Homepage  Send Maglev an ICQ Message Send Maglev a Private Message
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Originally posted by Dave W.

Maglev wrote:
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Oh, and do check out today's Weird Earl's link
You tall, Maglev? Actually, I heard about the "Knee Defender" on NPR yesterday.



Nah, a friendly reminder. I just like Wierd Earl's :)

Maglev

"The awe it inspired in me made the awe that people talk about in respect of religious experience seem, frankly, silly beside it. I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day."
--Douglas Adams, on evolutionary biology.
Edited by - Maglev on 11/19/2003 07:20:35
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