Psience News - 12-18 January 2020
This is a listing, in progress, of news items about parapsychology, psi, the paranormal and related subjects, posted to the PsienceQuest Forums
Extended Consciousness Phenomena
Papers
- A preprint entitled "Anomalous information reception by mediums: A meta-analysis of the scientific evidence" has appeared at ResearchGate (Discuss)
Psi Encyclopedia
New entries in the Society for Psychical Research's Psi Encyclopedia
- Patrizio Tressoldi (Discuss)
- Peter Bancel (Discuss)
- Markus Maier (Discuss)
- Renaud Evrard (Discuss)
- Annalisa Ventola (Discuss)
Interviews
- A transcript of a previously unaired interview with Dean Radin from 1997 has appeared at Mystery Wire (Discuss)
Blogs
- Hayley Stevens investigates an alleged ghost photograph taken at Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh (Discuss)
Videos
- Videos of the Founders Lecture and presentations from the fourth session of the Society for Scientific Exploration's 2019 Convention have been uploaded to the Society's YouTube channel (Discuss)
Upcoming Events
- The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Edinburgh, will hold a one-day meeting on 22 February entitled "Psi Saturday" (Discuss)
Philosophy of Mind; Consciousness Science
Dialogues, Debates, and Conversations
- The latest (sixth) letter in the dialogue between Philip Goff and Massimo Pigliucci On The Problem of Consciousness, Panpsychism & more has been shared; Massimo Pigliucci's On Nature of Science & Speculative Metaphysics (Discuss)
Alternative Views on Science
Videos
- A video of a panel discussion entitled "The Laws of the Universe: Are the laws of nature just human constructs?" from 2018 is available on the website of The Institute of Art and Ideas (Discuss)