I find it odd that the "status quo" is often used with disparagement, especially in the context of ESP and scientific research. The research methodology and resulting studies are disappointing.
The status quo is often preferable.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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