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The field of research on the paranormal has changed enormously in the last 20 years. Examining experiences of ESP, psychokinesis, precognition, ganzfeld, dissociative states, out-of-the-body experiences, alien abductions and near-death experiences, David Marks appraises the best available evidence to date on scientific claims of the paranormal. Each chapter also provides a description of the psychological processes that are likely to contribute to these experiences, and to the high prevalence of paranormal beliefs. Importantly, this book does not take a fixed sceptical or ‘disbelieving’ view of the phenomena but, as far as possible, offers a neutral gaze which will equip readers to make up their own minds, as well as providing them with the critical skills to defend their conclusions.
Take-Home Message : Psi is a Spontaneous Process that Cannot be Summoned at Will in a Laboratory Experiment
Take-Home Message : Psi is a Spontaneous Process that Cannot be Summoned at Will in a Laboratory Experiment
For nearly half a century parapsychologists of the statistical school have been hankering after the ideal experiment which would satisfy the strictest criteria of repeatability and predictability. This might turn out to be a will-o’-the-wisp until psychologists discover a technique to induce extra-sensory perceptions at will. (Koestler, 1972: 29)
A wild goose chase (noun): a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable: ‘physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase.’ (Online dictionary, Lexico, 2019: www.lexico.com/en/definition/wild_goose_chase)
Outline: It is almost half a century since Arthur Koestler wrote that the ideal experiment for the demonstration of psi ‘might turn out to ...
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