…supervising masters and doctoral candidates at Columbia, Murphy began writing the books that would cement his reputation as a prominent voice personality, social and cognitive psychology. Several of his books have been used as textbooks throughout the United States. Murphy returned to parapsychology in 1934 after a long illness, visiting…
…attending to the task to the exclusion of all distractions; it is not possible to verify that participants are not cheating by writing down the words as they appear; there is no facility to check whether participants are selectively withdrawing from the study (for example, if they discover that the…
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…Gnanatilleka Baddewithana In this Sri Lankan case, the recognitions were carried out under the guidance of careful investigators, first the Sri Lankan scholar and journalist HSS Nissanka, then Stevenson. Nissanka recorded Gnanatilleka’s statements in writing before he set about verifying them. He brought three teachers to Gnanatilleka’s home, only one…
…because she consulted it in writing the narrative she provided the GIMC producers in April 2013, her emails allow for the reconstruction of the early timeline of events. Furthermore, because Cindy kept the producers apprised of new developments on a near-daily basis, her emails furnish a record of the case…
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Loyd Auerbach has become one of the best-known public-facing parapsychologists in the United States, combining field investigation, teaching, writing and performance over several decades. His work centres on hauntings, poltergeists, reincarnation and other spontaneous cases, while his books have helped translate specialist material for general readers. Public visibility has made…
…important to note that taking these suggestions seriously is not the same as writing a blank super-psi cheque – that is, licensing the cavalier use of the super-psi hypothesis to explain everyday events. Indeed, defenders of the super-psi hypothesis would argue that if psi really is operating under the surface,…
