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But I could see the contents of the target tray when it was brought down. I was immediately disappointed in that I had not gotten any of the other four targets which were highly visible. And the "green thing" turned out to be a 7-UP can, not a green thing with Arabic letters. Dr. Osis was studying the picture drawing and the targets. I started frowning -- and I felt I was doomed. Then he turned the clip-board upside down. In his heavy Latvian accent, he then said: "Vell, Ingo, if you turn zee drawing upside down'an'look at it, you haf drawn a perfect rendering of zee 7-UP can!" He then broke into one of his wonderful ear-to-ear smiles -- which was about the only demonstration of excitement he permitted himself. And sure as shoot! With the drawing upside down, the "Arabic letters" in the picture drawing were an unmistakable "7-UP" on the "green thing." Back then, 7-UP cans were vividly green. Something really weird now began happening in my brain, or wherever. I think I actually blacked out for a moment. Then there was the immediate sense of some synapses undergoing rearranging -- that as best I can put it. Then I calmly began detaching myself from the electrodes and said that I didn't think we'd do the long-distance experiment. I then staggered into the brainwave room. I was sweating,