{"efta_number": "EFTA01013830", "page_count": 3, "url": "https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01013830", "pdf_url": "https://epstein-data.com/pdf/EFTA01013830.pdf", "pages": [{"efta_number": "EFTA01013830", "page_number": 0, "text_content": "From: Deepak Chopra  \nTo: \"Ramachandran, Vilayanur\" •cl \nSubject: Re: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy \nDate: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:14:02 +0000 \nInline-Images: image001.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screenfla0d71a-60c0-4a71-ald3-\n4e2fe9e1871b.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screenad38bf66-06c6-4a91-b625-\n71025371b4d3.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screen76217173-749a-4be4-9ae8-\n41a69f967c0d.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screen929594cc-1e3e-415e-9e51-\n6565be9dbd45.png; OutlookEmoji-1502746469638_Screencf39aade-7634-4859-9dce-\n133c022d4a80.png \nThanks Rama --will explore \nLets do a pilot ASAP with the kid identified by Diane \nI will continue to explore the big idea as well \nLove \nDeepak Chopra MD \nChopra Foundation \nJiyo \nChopra Center for Wellbeing \nA.:',1502746469638_Screen \nHOME: Where Everyone is Welcome \nFrom: Ramachandran, Vilayanur \nSent: Monday, September 25, 2017 12:49:24 AM \nTo: Deepak Chopra \nSubject: RE: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy \nSorry i just returned to the lab after a dinner engagement \nA pilot would cost almost nothing unless the professional magician charges me - travel from northern California down \nto San diego ; overnight stay plus some sort of consulting fee which he might decline \nBut in my experience with such thnghs the \" hit rate \" is very small with a pilot - which shouldn't stop us anyway \nthe advantage with a program - if your sponsor can afford it - is the program generates its own momentum and may \nwell raise the chance of making Important discoveries Additionally If he/ she donates more than a million he could \nhave the center be named after him ; and we could study not merely telepathy ( a topic of great interest to a member \nof our center dr john smithies MD who studied paranormal phenomena 50 yrs ago ! Additional finding could be used for \nhiring a full ti,me postdoc and grad students for 3 to 5 yrs My own interest Is [primarily in EXCEPTIONAL \" off scale \" \nabilities that are still within the realm of the possible versus out-right supernatural. eg number savants - language \nsavants - skills emerging after head injury unleashes hidden abilities . Number svanthood woulds be especially easy to \nstudy because its a COMPACT rigorously defined system \nSo the emphasis would be on \" off scale \" rather than \" \noutside the realm \" ; though i have an open mind. \nEFTA01013830\n", "char_count": 2396}, {"efta_number": "EFTA01013830", "page_number": 1, "text_content": "If your pal is serious about setting in motion a lab for the study of extraordinary brain potential - in could raise it with \nthe powers that be - something like 500 000 to 3 million would get the administrators excited \nON a smaller scale i don't have a [problem with my lab being funded by epstein so long as theres no UC connection -\nhe would appoint me as coordinator / director of a private initiative unaffiliated \nwith UCSD \nWe can chat now or tomorrow evening \nCheers Rama \nps in the interest honesty given the focus on such fringe phenomena - theres a 50 % chance the whole effort could go \nup in smoke , but the 50 % chance that it COULD lead to something - makes it worthwhile . \nPS I envisage 1 K our 2 for the pilot \nFrom: Deepak Chopra \nSent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 4:27 PM \nTo: Ramachandran, Vilayanur \nSubject: Re: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy \nOk \nThanks \nCan we start with a pilot ? \nDeepak Chopra MD \nChopra Foundation \nJiyo \nChopra Center for Wellbeing \nHome: Where Everyone is Welcome \nOn Sep 24, 2017, at 6:02 PM, Ramachandran, Vilayanur < \n> wrote: \nDeepak ill get back to you this evening t ; it depends on the scale of the operation \nFrom: Deepak Chopra [ \nSent: Sunday, September 24, 2017 2:14 PM \nTo: Paul 3. Mills; Ramachandran, Vilayanur \nSubject: Cost to study the autistic savant who displays telepathy \nI'm meeting possible finder this week \nCan I have a budget ? \nEFTA01013831\n", "char_count": 1442}, {"efta_number": "EFTA01013830", "page_number": 2, "text_content": "Deepak Chopra MD \nChopra Foundation \nJiyo \nChopra Center for Wellbeing \nHome: Where Everyone is Welcome \nEFTA01013832\n", "char_count": 118}]}