ESP skeptics regard the "decline effect" as evidence
a. of the psi skills being tested under artificially controlled situations.
b. that the earlier demonstration of ESP was the result of a run of luck.
c. that charges of fraud in ESP are themselves fraudulent.
d. that parapsychological skills are very fragile.
ANSWER: b
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