Category: Parapsychology
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Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind?
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(Image credit: © Michal Bednarek | Dreamstime.com) “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty…
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The Real Science Behind Paranormal Phenomena
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MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT AS TRUE, or at least partially true, numerous assertions that seem laughable or absurd to critics. A Harris poll a few years back reported that only 47 percent of adult Americans accepted the reality of evolution: more than half the population still denies the basic lynchpin of scientific biology.…
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Is it possible to study ghosts & apparitions?
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If we are considering studying from a scientific perspective based on hypothesis and replication, then we will certainly be facing major issues. A considerable number of anomalous experiences are subjective, deeply personal, and meaningful to the individual. Scientific observations and studies do not generally include `pseudoscientific` theories. Therefore, the study…
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Physicists probe the paranormal
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“The question of whether paranormal phenomena actually exist probably divides educated members of modern Western civilization as sharply as any other single issue. If it is true that the human brain can receive messages and control things in ways that cannot be explained normally, then this undermines the belief of…
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What are some of the difficulties of scientific parapsychological research?
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Roger Mallett In this posting, I will use Extra-Sensory Perception [ESP] as an example to highlight some of the difficulties in relation to scientific research and laboratory investigations. There are two main concerns here, replicability and expectancy effects: There appears to be little scientific evidence which would suggest that ESP…
