The paranormal is still abnormal

Since a group of Englishmen in the 19th century began to scientifically examine psychic phenomena, since christened paranormal events, the attempts to present such studies as scientifically legitimate and productive tools, have failed. That is not to say the paranormal is without adherents today. Th...

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Published inTechnological forecasting & social change Vol. 113; pp. 126 - 128
Main Author Coates, Joseph F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016
Elsevier Science Ltd
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19th century
Parapsychology
Psychic phenomena
Scientific community
Unexplained phenomena
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Summary:Since a group of Englishmen in the 19th century began to scientifically examine psychic phenomena, since christened paranormal events, the attempts to present such studies as scientifically legitimate and productive tools, have failed. That is not to say the paranormal is without adherents today. The true believers have journals and other serious publications in which they explore and report on research on the paranormal, but the attempts to be useful and accepted by the scientific community and the general society have failed. James H. Lee's article on remote viewing is another vain attempt to make the paranormal acceptable and useful, this time in future studies. As a futurist recently associated with the University of Houston's futures program and with the encouraging guiding hand of one of the professors, Oliver Markley, he has put together a well written paper covering the evidence that remote viewing occurs.
ISSN:0040-1625
1873-5509
DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.052