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Good point, but to some extent that might defeat the purpose. Since my model is that psi is evasive I expect that the more people I clue in to the results or even the existence of the experiments, the less likely it is I'll get significant or sensible results. And with the retrocausal effects demonstrated by PEAR and so on, if I ever intend to publicize the results in the future then that itself is enough to cause psi to get evasive. Kennedy actually recommends keeping self-experimentation to oneself and precommiting to telling no one about the results for these reasons. So basically even if you get incredibly strong results you're left with a bunch of incommunicable evidence. Meh.
I have various responses ready for our other conversation by the way, which I'd like to get back to soon. I was finally able to get a solid twenty-two hours of sleep. My fluid intelligence basically stops existing when sleep-deprived.
This reminds me of the story of the poker player who concluded it was unlucky to track his winnings and losses because whenever he did it, he lost way more than he expected to.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/20y/rationality_quotes_april_2010/1ugy
Thanks for the link! (I think I saw it first in Rational Decisions, since I hadn't upvoted that quote before.)
Seems plausible his observations were correct if he had a small sample size, if not his judgment about what to do given his observations. (I say this only because the default reaction of "what an impossibly idiotic person" might deserve a slight buffer when as casual readers we don't know many actual details of the case in question. What evidence filtered/fictional evidence and what not.)