Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy

CHAPTER VI.

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GENERAL CRITICISM OF THE EVIDENCE FOR SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE 143

On chance coincidence--Misrepresentation--Errors of observation--Errors of inference--Errors of narration--Errors of memory--"Pseudo-presentiment"--Precautions against error--"Where are the letters?"--The spontaneous cases as a true natural group.