Me, walking into lab where teacher and 6th years (~17/18yrs) are talking.

[printdevil@dice.camp]

How I miss teaching Parapsychology...

@Fasgadh @_thegeoff

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@Printdevil @Fasgadh I volunteered as a parapsychology subject at uni in the 1990s, it was a thing in Edinburgh! All for it, if the cost to benefit ratio works. But that does seem to have slipped over the years...

[13pt8plus@mastodon.social]

@_thegeoff This is ... *chef's kiss*

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@13pt8plus I recently spent a weekend with friends I first met through stand-up comedy in the early 2000s.

That gag, and specifically the dry delivery, would have got a handshake from all of them.

[printdevil@dice.camp]

The Koestler Chair in Edinburgh? I was offered a Phd place on that program in the 90s!

What a small world.

@_thegeoff @Fasgadh

[_thegeoff@mastodon.social]

@Printdevil @Fasgadh That's the one! Don't know exactly what the study was, but I was being monitored while seeing very brief snapshots of facial expressions. Hey, paid for a night out!

[printdevil@dice.camp]

I vaguely think I remember the people doing that...

I did a whole proposal for an emotional resonance thing to create updated stimulus for Psi identification, using icons which had cross cultural impact yada yada and basically got told I was being too picky and sciencey

So I went elsewhere. But I kept the acceptance letter because it amused me.

@_thegeoff @Fasgadh

[zgryphon@gweep.cat]

@_thegeoff ONE POINT TWENTY ONE JIGGAWATTS?!

[fasgadh@mastodon.scot]

@_thegeoff
Thank you - I worked with some amazing technicians and am very grateful. Vital work.

[lyonsinbeta@mastodon.social]

@_thegeoff the energy output of a Cleric in D&D is measured in kiloghouls.