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Bad Vibrations

Who needs terrorists to disrupt American air traffic? The airlines are doing a fine job on their own. American Airlines recently cancelled a flight out of Ft. Myers, lForida, when a self-proclaimed "psychic" warned authorites that a bomb was on board flight number 1304. An airline spokesperson who had every right to be embarrased dug himself into a deeper hole by explaining "In these times, we can't ignore anything."

Well, actually, you can, and you can start by ignoring psychics. These quacks have been around for thousands of years, and still there is not one shred of evidence proving the existence of extrasensory perception. It should be pretty easy to prove, don't you think? Magician and fraud-buster James Randi has a standing offer of $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate "psychic powers." His money is safe.

Extrasensory perception violates a very basic physical law, which says that cause preceeds effect. Example: If you walk in the rain, you get wet. The effect, soggy clothes, comes after you decide to leave your umbrella at home. If you have knowledge of a bomb on board an airplane (effect), it follows a cause, such as putting the bomb on board yourself, for example. If American Airlines isn't ruling out psychic tips these days, then for consistency's sake, then its pilots should start packing Ouiji Boards instead of Glocks.

27.3.04 19:34

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