Rick Froman wrote:
> I wouldn't characterize the mood of the article as tentative skepticism if
> by that you mean the author of the article entertains the possibility that
> the entire incident was a hoaxed figment of Ms. Jacobsen's imagination or
an
> attempt to see what she might get people to believe. It seems after
reading
> the article that the sensations are not in dispute, only the perceptions.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. My best guess would be that it's
misperceptions, as you suggest.
> I don't see how Ms. Jacobsen will be in any trouble.
I don't see anything to make me think that it was a hoax - I just meant
to say that if it is, it has gone far enough that she'd have a real problem.
> And is there some reason to believe that "Joe Sharkey" is a pseudonym, as
suggested
> by the quotation marks? If it is, he has written a lot of articles for the
> New York Times under that name.
I didn't mean to imply that either. Sorry - I do see how my post might
have implied a lot more than I meant.
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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