"To a certain extent, and up to a certain point, it is possible to
account for the astonishing case of the Blind Spot by means of
well-known psychological principles. Hallucinations will cover a
great deal of ground.
"But we feel that our personal experiences, in witnessing the
interior of the Thomahlia cannot be thus explained away. Our
accounts tally too exactly; and we are not subject to group
hypnosis.
"To explain this we believe a new hypothesis is called for. We
submit that what we saw was not unreal. Assuming that a thing is
real or unreal, and can never be in a third state which is neither
one nor the other, then we should have to insist that what we saw
was REAL.
"We stand ready and prepared to accept any theory which will fit
all facts, not merely a portion."
Again refraining from any comment we pass on to the more
exhaustive opinion of Sir Henry Hodges. Inasmuch as this seems to
coincide very closely with the hypothesis of Professor Holcomb,
and as the reputation of Sir Henry is a thing of weight, we are
quoting him almost verbatim:
"There is a well-known experiment in chemistry, wherein equal
quantities of water and alcohol are mixed. Let us say, a pint of
each. Now, the resulting mixture ought to be a quart; but it is
not. It is somewhat less than a quart.
"Strange, indeed, to the novice, but a commonplace to every
student of the subject.
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