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5 days ago · One study showed how selective memory can maintain belief in extrasensory perception (ESP). Believers and disbelievers were each shown descriptions of ESP experiments. Half of each group were told that the experimental results supported the existence of ESP, while the others were told they did not.
5 days ago · I've been a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration since its founding more than 40 years ago. We believe that science has improperly failed to study carefully such topics as cryptozoology (Bigfoot, Yeti, Loch Ness Monsters, etc.), UFOs (or UAPs), extrasensory perception (ESP), possible survival after death, near-death experiences, out-of-body events, and other “psychic ...
1 day ago · The items were "extrasensory perception (ESP), that houses can be haunted, ghosts, telepathy, clairvoyance, astrology, that people can mentally communicate with the dead, witches, reincarnation, and channelling". Such beliefs in pseudoscience represent a lack of knowledge of how science works.
4 days ago · Methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the Middle Ages, scholars coined terms for many of these methods—some of which had hitherto been unnamed—in Medieval Latin, very often utilizing the suffix-mantia when the art seemed more mystical (ultimately from Ancient Greek μαντεία, manteía, 'prophecy ...
4 days ago · Critically ill persons occasionally describe intense near-death experiences (NDEs). A measurement instrument to identify such experiences is available, and has now been translated into Norwegian. We wish to make this phenomenon and the research scale better known among Norwegian health personnel.
4 days ago · Let's delve into some interesting facts about them. 04. Jack Torrance, the protagonist, was partly inspired by King's own struggles with alcoholism and anger issues. 05. Danny Torrance, Jack's son, has a psychic ability called "the shining." This concept was influenced by King's interest in extrasensory perception (ESP).
4 days ago · In the mid-19th century, the term “psychic” began to be used more broadly to describe phenomena that are beyond ordinary human capabilities, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, communication with spirits or other non-physical entities, and other forms of extrasensory perception.
