ESP skeptics regard the "decline effect" as evidence
A) of the psi skills being tested under artificially controlled situations.
B) that the earlier demonstration of ESP was the result of a run of luck.
C) that charges of fraud in ESP are themselves fraudulent.
D) that parapsychological skills are very fragile.

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The "decline effect" suggests that initial positive results in ESP experiments may have been due to chance rather than genuine psychic abilities, as subsequent experiments often fail to replicate those results.

ESP Skeptics Regard the "Decline Effect" as Evidence