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Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death using the scientific method. Parapsychological experiments have included the use of random number generators to test for evidence of precognition and psychokinesis with both human and animal subjects and Ganzfeld experiments to test for extrasensory perception. While the results of such experiments are regarded by some parapsychologists as having demonstrated the existence of some forms of psychic abilities, the consensus of the scientific community is that psychic abilities have not been demonstrated to exist. Critics argue that methodological flaws may explain any apparent experimental successes. The status of parapsychology as a science has also been disputed. Many scientists regard the discipline as pseudoscience because parapsychologists continue investigation despite not having demonstrated conclusive evidence of psychic abilities in more than a century of research. Laboratory and field research is conducted through private institutions and a small number of universities worldwide. Privately-funded units at universities in the United Kingdom are among the most active today. In the US, interest in research peaked in the 1970s and university-based research is now slight, although private institutions still receive considerable funding from donations. While parapsychological research has occasionally appeared in mainstream academic journals, most of the recent research is published in a small number of niche journals. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Why are there separate categories for Paranormal phenomena and Parapsychology? Q. Why does Y/A have separate sections for paranormal phenomena and Parapsychology? I thought that Parapsychology was the study of paranormal phenomena. Asked by Meilin - Sun Apr 25 16:19:52 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. "Parapsychology is the scientific and scholarly study of three kinds of unusual events (ESP, mind-matter interaction, and survival), which are associated with human experience..." (link below). While Paranormal is an umbrella term that covers everything from Aliens to UFOs with Big Foot and Ghosts somewhere in between or as Wikipedia states: "Paranormal is a general term (coined ca. 1915 1920[1][2]) that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation"[3] or that indicates phenomena that are understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure..." (link below). Psiexploration Answered by psiexploration - Sun Apr 25 17:11:42 2010 Where in Illinois can I get a degree in Parapsychology? Q. I'm not moving out of state, and parapsychology is one of the many things I'm interested in. Asked by cp0tter13 - Sun Jul 19 02:01:29 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. There are schools that offer degrees in parapsychology, but none in Illinois. You can find more information about the schools available by searching other similar questions in this forum about degrees in parapsychology. I listed one link below. Your best bet to study parapsychology is to study a scientific field and focus on research methods and analysis techniques. You then have to either make contact with a research center that works in parapsychology (like the Rhine research center in North Carolina) or you can always start performing your own research. I have known a few people who have gotten into the field by doing independent research and publishing their results in one of the established parapsychology journals. One… [cont.] Answered by Tunsa - Sun Jul 19 16:43:23 2009 Do you take a scientific approach to parapsychology?
Q. Many people on this forum call themselves scientific and they cite references to popular literature when presenting evidence for their answers. What do you consider to be legitimate scientific websites or literature and why? How do you see scientific documents as different from documents created to attract web traffic or cater to the biases and opinions of the general public? Can you give some examples related to parapsychology? Asked by Tunsa - Sat Sep 20 16:49:37 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes I do via reading scientific research literature (peer reviewed science journals) as well as web sites and articles from scientist that have conducted the research/experiments. I also have some attempts of my own to replicate some very basic and early experiments. I then examine the possible flaws and often design an experiment to test those flaws (like making sensory cues available and seeing if more positive results are obtained). I have quoted popular literature as references such as Dean Radin's books but they are themselves extensively cite the research literature. I also make clear (as does Radin) that he offers some speculations. The Parapsychological Association which is an affiliate of the American Association for the… [cont.] Answered by psiexploration - Sat Sep 20 17:24:27 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Parapsychology"
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