parapsychology
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Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic and paranormal abilities and events.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023
Parapsychology — that inquiry into mental phenomena beyond the reach of psychology — is a perfect subject for the theater, where audience members have been trained to suspend their disbelief.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023
Over the course of Ms. Coly’s tenure, she has maintained the library, continued providing grants, brought back the Helix Press imprint and served as the editor in chief of the International Journal of Parapsychology.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
In October 1983, the Parapsychology Foundation held a conference in San Antonio, Texas, to address the field’s “repeatability problem.”
From Slate • May 17, 2017
Parapsychology Interest in parapsychology is very old, yet the simple fact is that there have been no repeatable studies which have demonstrated its existence, Uri Geller and other charlatans notwithstanding.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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