ESP Skeptics Regard the "Decline Effect" as Evidence

question 41

Multiple Choice

ESP skeptics regard the "decline effect" as evidence

• A)of the psi skills being tested under artificially controlled situations.
• B)that the demonstration of ESP is often the result of a run of luck.
• C)that charges of fraud in ESP are themselves fraudulent.
• D)that parapsychological skills are very fragile.

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