From: Deepak Chopra To: "Ramachandran, Vilayanur" •cl Subject: Re: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:14:02 +0000 Inline-Images: image001.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screenfla0d71a-60c0-4a71-ald3- 4e2fe9e1871b.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screenad38bf66-06c6-4a91-b625- 71025371b4d3.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screen76217173-749a-4be4-9ae8- 41a69f967c0d.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screen929594cc-1e3e-415e-9e51- 6565be9dbd45.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screencf39aade-7634-4859-9dce- 133c022d4a80.png Thanks Rama --will explore Lets do a pilot ASAP with the kid identified by Diane I will continue to explore the big idea as well Love Deepak Chopra MD Chopra Foundation Jiyo Chopra Center for Wellbeing A.:',1502746469638_Screen HOME: Where Everyone is Welcome From: Ramachandran, Vilayanur Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 12:49:24 AM To: Deepak Chopra Subject: RE: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy Sorry i just returned to the lab after a dinner engagement A pilot would cost almost nothing unless the professional magician charges me - travel from northern California down to San diego ; overnight stay plus some sort of consulting fee which he might decline But in my experience with such thnghs the " hit rate " is very small with a pilot - which shouldn't stop us anyway the advantage with a program - if your sponsor can afford it - is the program generates its own momentum and may well raise the chance of making Important discoveries Additionally If he/ she donates more than a million he could have the center be named after him ; and we could study not merely telepathy ( a topic of great interest to a member of our center dr john smithies MD who studied paranormal phenomena 50 yrs ago ! Additional finding could be used for hiring a full ti,me postdoc and grad students for 3 to 5 yrs My own interest Is [primarily in EXCEPTIONAL " off scale " abilities that are