ESP Lab Closing

American Voices

February 15, 2007 | ISSUE 43•07

A Princeton University lab studying extrasensory perception (ESP) is closing. What do you think?

Yes! The Duluth Tarot Institute is back on top!

Matt Sharma
Motorcycle Mechanic
This does not bode well for Yale's Department of Goblin Studies or for Brown's Center for Skunk Ape and Yeti Research.

Bradley Terwilliger
Gardener
This will come as a huge blow to the students who relied on this lab to provide insight to their futures as investment bankers, consultants, and Secretaries of Defense.

Nina Parks
Bartender

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