Jacques Vallée

 Vallee: Well, let me tell you a little story. About fifteen years ago there
 was a group that suddenly appeared in San Francisco. They had a big party
 downtown. And they invited everybody who was anybody in parapsychology.
 And they made a little speech saying, "We have all this money from somebody
 who wants to do good and help research, we know that there isn't much money
 in parapsychology; we will entertain proposals for research, give us your
 best ideas; we will send it to a panel who will review it and we will fund
 the best research."

 After the party, a lot of people rushed home to their computers and typed
 in all their best ideas, sent it on - but the organization never existed,
 was never heard from again. Somebody was fishing.

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