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● that I was prepared to take great exception if I were falsely represented as "a psychic" ● and that I was only interested in working with scientists in scientific experiments that were capable of providing scientific feedback. Ruth Hagy Brod frowned when she read through this statement. But before she could complain about it, I firmly told her: "Ruth, sweetie, IF I am a PERSONALITY, then this is what that personality consistently consists of. We either go with this, or not go at all." * The atmosphere and furnishings of the dining room and bar area of the Overseas Press Club was one of, well, of quiet, sedate elegance, with white table cloths gleaming, all of which set off Ruth’s own special elegance. We had drinks -- margaritas, as I recall -- and then a sedate lunch of soup and salad. Soon after that, two media types passed by as if to say "hello" to Ruth, who invited them to sit at the two extra chairs. She then introduced the PERSONALITY, and the affair of establishing consistency about him began. As intended, the media types got hung up on the not-a-psychic disclaimer. "Well, Mr. Swann, if you are not a psychic, what are you?" I responded in general, but consistently: "I’m just a lab rat, a guinea pig. I don’t think that superficially stereotyping human beings is all that useful. Do you?" This procedure was repeated six times with six different media types and six different rounds of drinks. Others did not sit, but merely came to get the hand-out sheets they saw