Belgian coma 'writer' can't communicate

Facilitated communication has been shown a long time ago to be a scam. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3439467496200920717&...

James Randi is proved right again.

Unfortunately, the retraction won't get a fraction of the coverage the original claims received, and we'll likely see this case brought up as 'evidence' in political arguments for years to come.

The likening of the communicator technique to a Ouija board is very telling I think. It is a shame, though, because it would be nice if coma patients really were able to communicate through such techniques.

Given what I've read of how the brain and consciousness operate, I was skeptical of this story when I originally heard it. To the lead researcher's credit, he falsified his own results. What I find curious is that he didn't more rigorously test the "ouija technique" sooner.