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"Not necessarily. You've been fighting it. Ninety nine per cent of your mind doesn't _want_ to believe it; is dead set against it. So it has to force its way through whillions and skillions of ohms of resistance, so only the most powerful stimuli  'maximum signal' in your jargon, perhaps? NOT NECESSARILY YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING IT NINETY NINE PER CENT OF YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT IS DEAD SET AGAINST IT SO IT HAS TO FORCE ITS WAY THROUGH WILLIAMS AND SKILLIONS OF OMS OF RESISTANCE SO ONLY THE MOST POWERFUL STIMULI MAXIMUM SIGNAL IN YOUR JARGON PERHAPS
that. That was when I read your name in the list of officers on the board. First Officer, Carlyle Deston. I got a tingle that went from the tips of my toes up and out through the very ends of my hair. Nothing like when we actually saw each other, of course. We both knew the truth, then. It's wonderful that you're so strongly psychic, too." "I don't know about that," he said, thoughtfully. "All my training has been based on the axiomatic fact that the map is _not_ the territory. Psionics, as I understand it, holds that the map is--practically--the territory, but can't prove it. So I simply don't know _what_ to believe. On one hand, I have had real hunches all my life. On the other, the signal doesn't carry much information. More like hearing a siren when you're driving along a street. You know you have to pull over and stop, but that's all you know. It could be police, fire ambulance--_anything_. Anybody with any psionic ability at all ought to do a lot better than that, I should think. HOOK HER YELLOW HEAD A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THAT THAT WAS WHEN I READ YOUR NAME IN THE LIST OF OFFICERS ON THE BOARD FIRST OFFICER CARLYLE DESTON I GOT A TINGLE THAT WENT FROM THE TIPS OF MY TOES UP AND OUT THROUGH THE VERY ENDS OF MY HAIR NOTHING LIKE WHEN WE ACTUALLY SAW EACH OTHER OF COURSE WE BOTH KNEW THE TRUTH THEN IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU'RE SO STRONGLY PSYCHIC TOO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT HE SAID THOUGHTFULLY ALL MY TRAINING HAS BEEN BASED ON THE AXIMATIC FACT THAT THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY SANEX AS I UNDERSTAND IT HOLDS THAT THE MAP IS PRACTICALLY THE TERRITORY BUT CAN'T PROVE IT SO I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ON ONE HAND I HAVE HAD REAL HUNCHES ALL MY LIFE ON THE OTHER THE SIGNAL DOESN'T CARRY MUCH INFORMATION MORE LIKE HEARING A SIREN WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ALONG A STREET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER AND STOP BUT THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW IT COULD BE POLICE FIRE AMBULANCE ANYTHING ANYBODY WITH CIONIC ABILITY AT ALL OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT BETTER THAN THAT I SHOULD THINK
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