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Parapsychology is the study, typically using scientific methods, of unusual mental powers or the presence of spirits, which phenomena are so far unexplained and the reality of which are doubted by most scientists and others. Typical subjects in parapsychology include [extra-sensory perception]? (including telepathy, clairvoyance?, and precognition?), [near-death experience]?s, and telekinesis, usually grouped into two broad categories of Anomalous Cognition and Anomalous Operation. If taken as real, these phenomena would have no obvious explanation within the parameters of (established) science, and so most scientists believe that proof of actual occurrences would require revision of existing physical and psychological models. Therefore, part of the mission of parapsychology is to establish scientifically, using repeatable, well-controlled experiments, whether or not the various alleged parapsychological phenomena are real--or whether, on the other hand, reports of them might be explained by other means (e.g., coincidence?, fraud?, or imagination?, auto-suggestion?, or some other sort of psychological explanation). |
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Parapsychology is the study, typically using scientific methods, of unusual mental powers or the presence of spirits, which phenomena are so far unexplained and the reality of which are doubted by most scientists and others. Typical subjects in parapsychology include [extra-sensory perception]? (including telepathy, clairvoyance?, and precognition?), [near-death experience]?s, and telekinesis, usually grouped into two broad categories of Anomalous Cognition and Anomalous Operation. These phenomena have no clear explanation within the parameters of (established) science. Most scientists believe proof of actual occurrences would require revising existing physical and psychological models. Therefore, part of the mission of parapsychology is to establish scientifically, using repeatable, well-controlled experiments, whether or not the various parapsychological phenomena are real--or whether, on the other hand, reports of them might be explained by coincidence?, fraud?, imagination?, or auto-suggestion?. |
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Parapsychology is not taken seriously by most mainstream psychologists and other scientists, who say that, despite a great deal of laboratory work, no carefully controlled and conducted experiments have ever given any evidence that of the [anomalous phenomena]? they investigate are actually real. |
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Parapsychology is not taken seriously by most mainstream psychologists and other scientists, who say that, despite a great deal of laboratory work, no carefully controlled and conducted experiments have ever given any evidence that any of the [anomalous phenomena]? they investigate are actually real. Parapsychology is usually considered pseudoscience by those who deny the existence of paranormal phenomena. |
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Parapsychology is usually considered pseudoscience by those who deny the existance of paranormal phenomena. |
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