== Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof == 

 For any ballanced discussion of these types of topics I suggest anyone interested look into the skeptical literature.  Note that the James Randi Educational Foundation (http://www.randi.org/site/) has had a standing offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate a 'paranormal' ability (mind reading, influencing the physical world in any way with the mind are, I sure, included as eligible activities).  This prize has never been awarded, simply because no-one has ever been able to demonstrate, observably, such powers using basic rules of evidence.  Other sites that deal with new age and CAM (Complimentary and Alternative Medicine) are: www.sciencebasedmedicine.org, www.skepdoc.info and www.quackwatch.org. 

 For noetics in particular go to the Committe for Skeptical Inquiry (http://www.csicop.org/) and do a search on "noetics".   

 Extraordinary claims require extrordinary proof.