Please post links to text files (journal papers, Web articles, etc.) here.
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The Parapsychological Association has a really good FAQ explaining all facets of parapsychology:
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http://parapsych.org/section/36/frequent...tions.aspx The FAQ is much longer than what is presented here, and well worth reading in full. What is parapsychology? (http://www.parapsych.org/articles/36/76/...ology.aspx) 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. The existence of these phenomena suggest that the strict subjective/objective dichotomy proposed by the old paradigm (see below) may not be quite so clear-cut as once thought. Instead, these phenomena may be part of a spectrum of what is possible, with some events and experiences occasionally falling between purely subjective and purely objective. We call such phenomena "anomalous" because they are difficult to explain within current scientific models. Parapsychology only studies those anomalies that fall into one of three general categories: ESP (terms are defined below), mind-matter interaction (previously known as psychokinesis), and phenomena suggestive of survival after bodily death, including near-death experiences, apparitions, and reincarnation. Most parapsychologists today expect that further research will eventually explain these anomalies in scientific terms, although it is not clear whether they can be fully understood without significant (some might say revolutionary) expansions of the current state of scientific knowledge. Other researchers take the stance that existing scientific models of perception and memory are adequate to explain some or all parapsychological phenomena.
A bit historical but Upton Sinclair's Mental Radio might be of interest.
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Included in the text is the Preface by some kooky fringe scientist named Albert Einstein: Quote:JL have read the book of Upton Sinclair with great interest
Recent articles on PK.
https://www.scientificexploration.org/do...Gimeno.pdf Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 585–600, 2015 Quote:Abstract http://www.scientificexploration.org/doc...Gimeno.pdf Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 159–186, 2017 Quote:Abstract—
Probably most people will already be aware of it, but no collection of links to web articles would be complete without the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia, which has articles on many topics and is continuing to grow:
https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/
The Magonia Review of Books publishes online reviews of books on UFOs and a wide range of other subjects, including psychical research:
http://pelicanist.blogspot.co.uk/ On psychical research, they seem fairly even-handed between scepticism and proponency.
Also from the SPR, there's an online archive of experimental data, called "Psi Open Data". Currently there are 9 datasets, but the archive is expanding:
https://open-data.spr.ac.uk/ (2017-08-17, 09:32 PM)Chris Wrote: The Magonia Review of Books publishes online reviews of books on UFOs and a wide range of other subjects, including psychical research: Coincidentally, I just happened across Magonia yesterday, specifically this review: http://pelicanist.blogspot.co.nz/search/...Scepticism That review of a book by Wynn and Wiggins points out the irony of a couple of sceptics falling into the same traps they accuse gullible proponents of falling into. Quote:Although it comes as no surprise that W&W give prominence to the sceptical position, the lack of the slightest pretence at presenting a balanced picture takes the breath away. For them, all the beliefs and concepts they target are the result of bias, wishful thinking and dishonesty, and everyone who gives them house room therefore either a fool, dupe or charlatan. End of story. There’s little in the way of analysis or the building of a case to refute the claims of proponents of their chosen subjects, W&W rather relying on sweeping statements and dogmatic assertions in a ‘Trust us, we’re scientists’ manner. (‘Makes authoritarian pronouncements’ is one of their tell-tale signs of the pseudoscientist. Compare that full review (which points out the slipshod research and utter bias) with this short review in New Scientist and it becomes clear that the worst offenders when it comes to being sceptical of their own beliefs are the self-proclaimed sceptics themselves.
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
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Freeman Dyson (2017-08-20, 09:30 PM)Kamarling Wrote: Coincidentally, I just happened across Magonia yesterday, specifically this review: http://pelicanist.blogspot.co.nz/search/...Scepticism Yes - but proponents don't get off lightly either. For example, this review, entitled "Wrong About Almost Everything", deals with a book by one A. Tsakiris: http://pelicanist.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/wrong.html |
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