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I used to believe in ESP, now I'm very skeptical to the idea. Sure, there are a lot of things that seem supernatural, but there are logical explanations even if we don't always see them. I really wanted to believe in psychic abilities, mostly because I wanted to be one of those special people who could do it. I still have books around on "Developing your ESP powers," but I've recognized that I don't have some sort of sixth sense. What I have is an uncanny ability to notice tiny things that most people ignore, and quickly process the potential effects of these things.
In the end, none of it stands up to scientific scrutiny. Even if we weren't able to observe the mechanisms by which results are produced, believers claim that ESP is an observable phenomenon, and no correlation has been found between claims of psychic abilities and actual results, even with large cash prizes offered for positive results under controlled conditions. Logically, the only conclusions I can draw are that tests yielding positive results were flawed, and that ESP does not exist.
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