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| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | December 1988 |
| Weight | 1.23 Pounds |
The first thing you've got to know is that this story isn't from an actual study. It originated in the 1979 book Lifetide by New-age pseudoscientist Lyall Watson.
It was first debunked in this article from 1985 by Elaine Myers who went back to the original studies that Watson was interpreting and saw that they didn't actually say anything about the skill of fruit washing jumping islands.
In an article in Fringes of Reason, the 1986 issue of the Whole Earth Review, Watson admitted: "It is a metaphor of my own making, based . . . on very slim evidence and a great deal of hearsay."
That issue was later expanded into a book that you can pick up here. It's a darn good read that talks a lot about how to judge claims like this. You should consider picking it or something along those lines up to help you deal with all the bullshit you're going to find when you start looking into the collective unconsciousness.