To the Editor:

Re: “To the Editor: Cleese’s claims completely un-scientific,” Opinion, April 23.

In this letter criticizing remarks about precognition made by John Cleese at the Hotel School, the author reveals that he misunderstands the nature of science. Science is a method of inquiry that enables one to investigate empirical claims. Even if some of those claims seem unlikely to be true on a priori grounds, that does not thereby render their investigation pseudo-science.

To the Editor:

Re: “Cleese Uses His Extensive Travel to Advise Hotelies,” News, April 21.

I was surprised that your extensive coverage of John Cleese’s recent lecture made no mention of what I found to be his most startling remarks: his claim that supernatural phenomena like astrology and human precognition have been scientifically confirmed and should therefore be incorporated into the study of human behavior.