Sinclair, Mary Craig, 1883-1961; Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968; Telepathy; Telepathy -- Case studies
August 13th. Agent drew a palm tree and percipient’s result was a
failure. But, records agent, “Had it in mind to draw the palm in patio
several days before. Mrs. S. seemed to get it August 10th.” No agent
should have in mind to draw one thing when he actually draws another. If
the result is from telepathy, not clairvoyance, a percipient is at least
as likely to get that on which the agent’s mind has dwelt. On the whole
it would perhaps be fair to count this as a Success.
August 16th. Agent drew a flower-pot and in it a plant with sword-shaped
leaves, somewhat like a century plant. Percipient first drew what one
might take to be a stalk with five straight, short leafless branches,
but with the script “Velvet bow with band.” She added, “Then saw” and
drew a plant—no pot—with leaves exactly of the form of the leaves in the
original, and added, “I have too many leaves in the above.” Right: she
had 11 leaves, the original had 7. This certainly is at least a Partial
Success.
August 17th, August 18th and August 19th each yielded a Failure.
Now let us take account of stock. On the basis of our 260 experiments in
guessing we would have about one-third of an expectation of finding in
the McDougall experiments one Partial Success, but as another series of
260 guesses might be more fortunate we proposed to reckon a full
likelihood of getting one Success or Partial Success, on the theory that
Mrs. Sinclair was guessing also. But we have found 3 Successes and 4
Partial Successes (not counting a possible “anticipation,” and 2
instances of Suggestive). It is not mathematics, it is not logic, it is
not common-sense to conclude that we have not, even in this series of
Professor McDougall, although it does not equal some which have been
exhibited, something for which chance is wholly unable to account.
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