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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300020002-1 LN465-92 tests they have conducted. They have attained unique, double blind, opaque and irreversible, reliable and obvious testing methods which are stringent and believable. Although there are some shams and some failures, however a large percentage are actual successes. For example, the ESP vision experiments of the joint testing conducted From April to July of 1982 in Beijing (published in “ESP Research" Volume 1, Issue 1 of 1983 on page G9): The testing was comprised of 34 groups, 12 of which were successful, five #roups were borderline, and eight froups were sham. The success rate was 23.5 percent. I believe that because the subjects of the experiment were humans, it is not strange that there will be some fraud. It is a normal phenomenon that scientific experiments do not succeed. Therefore, there it is unreasonable to use the fact there are some frauds and failures to deny the reality and success and to deny the objective existence of ESP. The fact that there is fraud cannot deny the reality, and the fact that there are failures cannot deny the successes. Everyone understands this. There are also many scientific experiments which are Loo numerous to mention. In summary, ESP has been demonstrated to objectively exist through scientific experiments. 2. The author of Yu’s article believes “Such things as “recognizing characters with the ear’ is scientifically impossible, and its existence can be denied through theoretical investigation, and there is no need of experimental demonstrations" (page 196 of Yu’s book}. According to his way of thinking, “anything” that does not conform with classical theory is impossible. I believe that the inference cf the two “anythings" is in error. I do not know whether or not he noted that all new scientific theories lie outside of old conventional knowledge and theory. All break through old conventional knowledge and theories to become new scientific theories. Did not Einstein’s new view of time and space in his “theory of relativity" break through the old view of time and space of Newton's “theory of absolutes” to become a new scientific theory? According to the inference of the two “anythings", the necessary outcome would be to stop development of all scientific theory. This viewpoint is a type of “stagnationism". Tt can be nothing more than “creationism” wall decoration. 3. The author of Yu’s article believes: “In Hong Kong I got the idea of some formal tests". From what I know, this idea did not just come up during this trip to Hong Kong. As far back as 1981 he had this “idea”. In his book he wrote, “I suggest that under the guidance of the National Science Commission, there be formal experimental testing of the reality of “recofnizing characters by ear’” (page 244 of Yu's book). According to what Yu says, in 1981 the National Science Commission organized an “ESP investigation research and liaison s#group”. Informed sources have disclosed that at the sugffestion cf Yu, this group had the mission of denying the existence of ESP. Those taking part excluded scientific workers with opinions different from their own, and the investigation only selected examples of fraud and failure of ESP demonstrations. Examples of success were edited out of their videos. Wheat is the value of reports written on such a basis. They are not to be trusted. In 1988, a certain 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300020002-1