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Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300020002-1 PNA Gi What sort of scientific practical experiments has this anthor actually done in the past? Has he taken part in or watched any ESP demonstrations and scientific experiments? Has he taken part in or listened to scientific workers’ designs of ESP experiments or experiment reports? Has he reviewed or read scientific experiment reports and papers on ESP? According to the author himself has said: I have all along not taken part, not seen or listened to, nor have I read any reports of experiments concerning ESP. Then, on what basis does this author deny that scientific practice has demonstrated its objective existence? According to what the author says: ESP is “trickery”, “magic", "I don’t believe what I hear, only what I see" is empiricism. If he participated, he would be viewed as a “supporter”, and it is only by not taking part that he can keep from being “taken advantage of". Scientific experiments “are not strict” and their reports are “not worth" reading. It is only by relying on so-called “philosophical reasoning" that he is able to deny its objective existence. From the material he quoted in his article in opposition, it seems that the only thing he has collected, seen and heard, and read are biased Chinese and foreign articles against ESP and fraudulent investigative reports and especially made audio and visual tapes. I ask you, can he through the collection of materials opposed to ESP based on his Suiding philosophy of never taking part in, watching or Listening to or reading anything to do with ESP and by using counter scientific “Idealism” “reasoning”, deny the objective existence of ESP which has been demonstrated by scientific practice? I believe he cannot. II Some people may ask: What Yu's article opposes is propaganda, does not this signify that you are not talking about the same thing. I would say, from the surface, it is not the same guestion, but in essence it is the same question. Although what Yu’s article opposes is propafanda, in essence it is stating that ESP is “trickery” and “magic”. He wants to use opposition to propaganda to deny the objective existence of ESP. Although What this article supports is research, in essence it is saying that ESP objectively exists and cannot be denied. Therefore, it is necessary to launch scientific experimental research into ESP. The reason I resolutely support scientific research into ESP is that it is a component part of somatic science, and the results of scientific breakthroughs in ESP experiments will launch a preat scientific revolution. Please note: What is basis for the so-called “grounds” for the denial of ESP in Yu's article and his book? 1. The author of Yu’s article believes: ESP demonstrations and experiments were conducted under “less than stringent" conditions, some are tricks and some fail, therefore he concludes that ESP is “trickery” and “magic”. I believe that the strictness of the scientific experiments in ESP has continuously increased with the development of different controversies. Scientific workers have continuously improved the environment and conditions of the scientific experiments and demonstration 3 Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300020002-1