Someone dear to us recently wrote us a sentimental and nostalgic letter, and asked if I believed in ESP; and if not, how I would explain it. My response, which was a quick riposte, and therefore brief, follows:
Among mankind's myriad varieties of wishful thinking, one is the notion of extra-sensory perception. The universe being never static, infinite accidents, or if you will, coincidences are continuously occurring. It is unavoidable that some of these events establish unity in the lives or minds of people - which is to say that inevitably similarities in thought or event can not only occur simultaneously in different spaces and times, but also among people who are connected, by relationship or at least by acquaintance. When such a thing happens, we like to consider it meaningful, and therefore special, attributing to it some higher motive or purpose, while in actuality it is, plain and simple coincidence, with the difference that it occurred between two known people.
Scientifically, it is provable that, except by coincidence, similar notions cannot be transmitted by the cosmos, unless they are activated by the scientific, deliberate, use of mechanisms dependent on electricity, magnetism, etc. I can expand on it, but I do not want to tire you. If you have questions within what I have stated, please feel free to ask.
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