Is your thought-reading ability equally effective against strangers, or people whose presence you’re aware of but who you can’t make eye contact with? If eye contact is required (or helpful), what about looking at the other person through a narrow opening, such as a mail slot, so that only their eyes are visible?
Could it be used to determine the presence or absence of a person on the opposite side of an opaque, soundproofed barrier?
In response to Ken saying a 90% win at Rock Paper Scissors is impossible, Rock Paper Scissors is not a very good test of the statistical significance of psychic powers. Rock Paper Scissors is something of a game of skill, especially when you are a playing against someone you know well that does not intentionally try to predict the other player’s thought process. Ken’s wife probably had something of a predictable pattern in that game—maybe she got bored, maybe she subconsciously played poorly to make Ken seem like more of a psychic.
http://www.worldrps.com/ It started as a joke, but it’s one of those jokes that became too serious for its own good. I would be very surprised if Ken could consistently beat any of the world’s top ranked RPS players.
Is your thought-reading ability equally effective against strangers, or people whose presence you’re aware of but who you can’t make eye contact with? If eye contact is required (or helpful), what about looking at the other person through a narrow opening, such as a mail slot, so that only their eyes are visible?
Could it be used to determine the presence or absence of a person on the opposite side of an opaque, soundproofed barrier?
In response to Ken saying a 90% win at Rock Paper Scissors is impossible, Rock Paper Scissors is not a very good test of the statistical significance of psychic powers. Rock Paper Scissors is something of a game of skill, especially when you are a playing against someone you know well that does not intentionally try to predict the other player’s thought process. Ken’s wife probably had something of a predictable pattern in that game—maybe she got bored, maybe she subconsciously played poorly to make Ken seem like more of a psychic.
http://www.worldrps.com/ It started as a joke, but it’s one of those jokes that became too serious for its own good. I would be very surprised if Ken could consistently beat any of the world’s top ranked RPS players.