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http://wiredcosmos.com/2013/08/12/what-are-your-thoughts-on-extra-sensory-perception/

Cullann

Why ESP is Fake

  • Simply no sense
  • "Rules" of the Universe
  • Morgan Robertson - Titanic
  • Harvard's Studies
  • http://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/esp3.htm
  • http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/01/neuroimaging-fails-to-demonstrate-esp-is-real/

Pros

How it started

Bec

Psychological - genuine experience

Social - legitimate research groups

Spiritual - divine assistance/intervention

  • Origin in human psyche.
  • No real account on when it started
  • Interest began in the Spiritualism movement
  • First account with the fox sisters in 1848

https://www.psychic.com.au/psychic-psi.htm

James Cauthen

https://dreamlandia.com/a/angel.html

Psi Phenomena

Psi Phenomena (ESP)

Definition: parapsychological functions of the mind including extrasensory perception, precognition, & psychokinesis

Major Beliefs

Cons

By: Barbara Ann, Bec, Anthony, Parker, James, and Cullann

Anthony

Fields Include: telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims

- Supernatural and Paranormal Forces

Psychological - mental illness/injury

Social - dangerous cults

Spiritual - demonic possession

ex. Communicating with the dead and spirits

Barbara Ann Ahlvin

- Clairvoyance

ex. Reading tea leaves, and tarot cards

- Telekinesis

ex. spoonbending

James Cauthen

http://ihorror.com/exorcist-1973/

Proof of Psi Phenomena

Parker Thompson

-Anecdotal evidence, no real quantitative data

-No evidence it exists, so no research on potential mechanisms

-Daryl Bem's "Feeling The Future", some results, but not without controversy

-Scientific vs. Unscientific, still no proof

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/12/study-looks-brains-ability-see-future

http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/esp

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-04-13/

www.oddx.com/extrasensory-perception-test/

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