Parapsychologist

Does Psi Exist? Lack of Replication of an Anomalous Process of Information Transfer

Based on the paper of the same name by Professor Richard Wiseman.

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Nick Vujicic is a great christian speaker and a great man.
Ο Νικ Βόγιετζικ είναι ένας σπουδαίος χριστιανός ομιλητής και σπουδαίος άνθρωπος.

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A christian preacher urges us to take life seriously.
Ένας χριστιανός κήρυκας μάς προτρέπει να πάρουμε τη ζωή στα σοβαρά.

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Nick Vujicic is a great christian speaker and a great man.
Ο Νικ Βόγιετζικ είναι ένας σπουδαίος χριστιανός ομιλητής και σπουδαίος άνθρωπος.

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Closer to Truth is a PBS series that explores many of the deep questions in life and in modern academics today. The show consists of a panel of experts who discuss various issues ranging from theology, philosophy, science and technology. The series consists of 3 seasons and also has many other short programs. All 3 seasons will be made available on this channel for educational purposes.

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Closer to Truth is a PBS series that explores many of the deep questions in life and in modern academics today. The show consists of a panel of experts who discuss various issues ranging from theology, philosophy, science and technology. The series consists of 3 seasons and also has many other short programs. All 3 seasons will be made available on this channel for educational purposes.

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Paranormal investigator Dr. Joe Nickell (Center for Skeptical Inquiry) and Cryptozoology expert Graham Watkins (formerly of the J. B. Rhine institute, author) and both alumni of University of Kentucky but journeymen of very different paths met at Dragon*Con in September 2009 to discuss cryptozoology. Nickell, a long time skeptic, and Watkins, a spirited proponent of parapsychology, effortlessly display a civil discourse on unknown and speculative animals.

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Closer to Truth is a PBS series that explores many of the deep questions in life and in modern academics today. The show consists of a panel of experts who discuss various issues ranging from theology, philosophy, science and technology. The series consists of 3 seasons and also has many other short programs. All 3 seasons will be made available on this channel for educational purposes.

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This video deals with why Intelligent Design isn’t science. It also discusses two arguments that fail to make an adequate objection as to why ID isn’t science:
1) “No designer worth his salt” argument
2) ID is unfalsifiable

This is a continuation of my series on the Philosophy of Science, this is the second of a multi-part video about “The Pretenders of Science.”

Other videos in the series include:
Science and its Hypotheses – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OzFth…

Parapsychology – Pretender of Science – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIqK5WignVU

Sources:
Theodore Schick and Lewis Vaughn. “How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age” (Chapter 7 “Science and Its Pretenders”)

Elliot Sober. “WHAT IS WRONG WITH INTELLIGENT DESIGN?” The Quarterly Review of Biology.

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09 Mar 2009
Author Stacy Horn discussed her research into the work of Dr. J.B. Rhine who led the Duke University Parapsychology Lab from 1930 to 1980. Prof. Rhine was
the first to apply the scientific method in studying parapsychology and came up with repeatable experiments that showed telepathy, psychokinesis, and
precognition do exist, to some degree. For instance, Zener Cards that depict five different designs were used in double blind studies and demonstrated that
some people have ESP abilities.

Horn went through boxes of Rhine’s correspondence with well known figures such as Einstein & Nixon, as well as people involved in paranormal activity such
as Rev. Luther Schultz who initially dealt with the “possessed” boy in the 1949 case that the movie & book The Exorcist was based on. Schultz believed that
a poltergeist was the cause of the disruptions rather than demonic possession, she noted. The Rhine Lab investigated cases of poltergeist activity, and
their possible connections to psychokinetic abilities. It found that 17 out of 65 cases had no normal explanation, she reported.

Throughout his half-century of research, Rhine’s work faced negative and disparaging reactions from scientists at large, said Horn. After his death, the
Parapsychology Lab left Duke, and reformed as the private Rhine Research Center. While Princeton’s PEAR Lab closed in 2007, the University of Virginia
currently offers a Division of Perceptual Studies which studies the paranormal.

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