Rudism,
If you look at the portion of the paper I quoted, they specifically test for some kind of expectation effect by looking at other epochs besides the epoch immediately before the stimulus.
The other epochs do not display an expectation effect (well the next-nearest shows a miniscule one, completely consistent with a presentiment effect, but the other epochs don't show one at all).
Since the timing is random, the expectation effect needs to show up in the other epochs in order for it to be an expectation effect (instead of a psi effect). If it only shows up in the immediate preceding epoch (and a smidgen in the one before that), it isn't expectation effect at all -- it is presentiment -- it is psi.
They also did a direct statistical test for an expectation effect, and found it was missing.
If you are building your case against presentiment on this foundation, Rudis, I'd suggest you bring along a life jacket. Like I said earlier, you are far better off arguing a fraud conspiracy at this point. . .  |