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How To Use Rhine Cards For ESP Testing
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You now have a deck of twenty-five Rhine cards. There are three types of ESP
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you can test for with these cards. Your results will probably be more accurate if
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you have three people participating in the experiment; one "sender", one
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"receiver", and one "observer". The "sender" handles the cards; the "receiver"
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reports which cards he or she thinks are being handled; and the "observer" records
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the data. The sender and receiver should not be able to see each other; they should
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sit with their backs to each other, or even in different rooms.
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1. Telepathy
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The sender shuffles the cards thoroughly. Then he takes one card at a time and
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turns it face up. He records which card it is, and concentrates on the card for a
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short time. The receiver attempts to "read" the sender's mind and tell which card is
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being viewed; she records which card she thinks the sender is viewing. Continue
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until the deck is used up. Compare the two lists.
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2. Clairvoyance
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The sender shuffles the cards thoroughly. Then she takes one card at a time,
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WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT, and puts it into a different pile, keeping them in the
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order they were. The receiver records which card he thinks has been turned up.
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When the deck is used up and the receiver has completed his list, the sender or the
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observer takes the deck and records the actual order of the cards. Compare the
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two lists.
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3. Precognition.
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The receiver records a sequence of twenty-five cards in the order she thinks they
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will be dealt. THEN the sender shuffles the cards, and records the actual order
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produced by the shuffle. Compare the two lists.
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In all three types of experiment, the score that would be expected from pure
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chance is five correct out of twenty-five. However, the score on one run is
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meaningless. Keep track of the scores for at least one hundred runs of one type,
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with the same sender and receiver. Only if the score is significantly higher or lower
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than an average of five correct per run is there any evidence of ESP.
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