I don't know a Bormanis from Star Trek. I know a Bormanis that worked at Stanford and did exceptional work in the field of Neurology. He eventually contributed to a paper demonstrating that telepathy would violate the currently understood laws about the conservation of energy. Carl Jung - yes the psychologist - also did not believe in the literal truth of telepathy. He thought that people should treat it as a psychological reality if they through that the thoughts of others were being projected into their heads. But that is just trying to get crazy people to make sense of what they think they are perceiving.
Zener, Metzger, and Rhiner were supposed to be a balance to Bormanis and Jung since both of them are traditionally considered hostile. They developed tests - and that is the point - they developed scientific testing that was verifiable and reproducable to get to the bottom of this. If there was not a perception that something was going on then no tests would have been developed.
I know a Bormanis that worked at Stanford and did exceptional work in the field of Neurology. He eventually contributed to a paper demonstrating that telepathy would violate the currently understood laws about the conservation of energy. So this "Bormanis" (no first name) refuted telepathy? Have you forgotten your original assertion?
Carl Jung - yes the psychologist - also did not believe in the literal truth of telepathy.
Have you forgotten your original assertion?
Zener, Metzger, and Rhiner were supposed to be a balance to Bormanis and Jung since both of them are traditionally considered hostile. They developed tests - and that is the point - they developed scientific testing that was verifiable and reproducable to get to the bottom of this
Their experiments failed.
If there was not a perception that something was going on then no tests would have been developed.
We've moved from the crackpot Turing's claim of "overwhelming" evidence (which did NOT exist) to "a perception."
That's some fancy dancing.