Today's Question
Do plants have ESP?
I recall reading that if you attach a polygraph machine to a tree and then project harmful thoughts at it, the machine will register "lies" or "stress." Did I imagine this? Do trees have not only emotions but ESP?
Cecil's Classics
What’s up with the Indian rope trick and the bed of nails?
Swami, how we luvya! But how do they do those tricks? Cecil says they're just fakirs.
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