extrasensory perception, n.All

Extrasensory perception (n.) results ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠rise with enthusiasm and fall with boredom — the famous medium Eileen Garrett did badly in Rhine's tests because she could summon up no feeling for the 'soulless' test-cards.

Extrasensory perception (n.) brings ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠lucky hits more often than chance allows, but no one can predict when — for if we could, it would be a law, and that would contradict the very nature of the phenomenon.