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Originally Posted by David Bailey  As Dean Radin points out, normal science often uses statistical results with smaller effect sizes than those typically reported in ? experiments. |
As I have pointed out before this is incredibly deceptive. The protective effects of aspirin for heart disease were not and could not have been found by unguided trial and error. They were found because the pharmacological effects of aspirin were already well researched and understood. Aspirin blocks the formation of thromboxane A2 in platelets. This effect is not small. It is easily demonstrated.
It was entirely reasonable to hypothesize on this basis that low dose aspirin might protect against heart disease. This is the way that real science works.
The same thing cannot be said about any supposed "psi" effects. The source of these ideas is not through established science. These ideas come form the same place as beliefs in fairies and alien abductions.