Astounding Science Fiction (British Edition) — page 123: what you’re looking at

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EDITORIAL | 121 Class P which have been observed and reported. Class P cannot be related by any known relationship system to phenomena in the well-catalogued Class S. To force Class P data into Class S under these conditions would not increase the usefulness of Class P data, and would diminish the useful- ness of Class S data. In other words, it would not be wise or sane for the physical scientists, who have a well-operating system, to intrude the psionic data in their work ; the psionic data is valueless until relationships can be established, and would only serve to render less useful the science data on hand. Instance: Accept for a moment that the human will alone can influence the behavior of physical matter. Then if that is made part of the accepted background of physical science—but without the relationship information of how much, under what conditions, et cetera, we have a hopeless befuddle- ment. Dr. John Jones reports that mixing hoosenany hexaflooside with phromaluff bromate yielded eighty per cent wadgamacailut bromide. When Dr. Richard Roe repeats the ex- periment and reports “No yield is produced,” Dr. Jones merely writes in ‘Of course there was no yield; it is well known that Dr. Roe doesn’t be- lieve in that reaction, and it is evident that he used his psionic matter con- trol powers to vitiate the experiment. My original report was perfectly cor- rect; Dr. Roe is no gentleman to sug- gest that the positive report I pub- lished was due to inaccurate analysis and sloppy technique on my part.” Physical science could be, and would be, neatly rendered pure noise if the psionic powers were accepted for consideration without detailed rela- tionship and understanding. The fact that the physical sciences have advanced more in less time than any other field of human thought DAILY ASTROLOGY GUIDES FOR ALL IN THE NEW MAGAZINE monthly : YOUR LOVE, MONEY AND HEALTH LOOKING AHEAD MARCH’S PLANETS AND YOU and many other features of absorbing interest. A wealth of valuable informa- tion to guide your future plans Ask your newsagent for a copy to-day! If in any difficulty over supply, write to :— ATLAS PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTING Company Limited 18 BRIDE LANE, LONDON, E.¢.4 CoOmMmichooksnco im