In other words, parapsychology is the control group for science: http://lesswrong.com/lw/1ib/parapsychology_the_control_group...
Re:Rethinking the scientific method
by drndown2007 on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @10:54AM
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This article is one example (pre-cognition as opposed to ESP, but in the same vein):
http://hplusmagazine.com/editors-blog/precognition-real-corn...
I think it comes down to we don't know nearly as much about our little existence as we like to think.
If you want to claim that "ESP is bullshit" (as you and I both do, I imagine), you somehow need to account for those (rare) studies which oddly enough seem to support an ESP effect at a statistically significant level. "The decline effect" goes a ways toward providing this explanation.