I pulled all the change out of my pocket and placed it on a desktop. I walked away.

A few minutes later, I went to grab the coins so I could bring them to my office and toss them in the coin jar.

One of the coins, quarter or dollar I can not say, was standing on its edge.

My hand was faster than my brain, so I grabbed all the quarters up, thus knocking down the standing coin. I was therefore unable to test the hypothesis that if you drop some coins somewhere and one stands on edge, you can hear people’s thoughts until the coin falls over.

I do remember hearing a static like sound that meant nothing. The only other creature in the house was the cat. So, that makes sense.

Henceforth, the ASSAP is a “Professional Body.”

The Association’s website explains that such a body “exists to further the interests of a particular profession, its clients, [and] the public at large”, adding that professional bodies often set standards for their members. In the UK, for example, the British Psychological Society represents psychologists, the Institute of Civil Engineers represents civil engineers, and so on.

Well, good, they’ll have standards, then!

This does not imply government funding. Here’s a writeup of the news.