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Former military psychic spy claims parapsychology is off course. Suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. |296|
by Alex Tsakiris | Dec 9 | Consciousness Science, Parapsychology
Remote Viewer Dr. Paul Smith has concerns about the direction of parapsychology research. Also doubts 9/11 remote viewing.
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photo by: David Webb
A few years ago, when the kids were younger, they loved playing hide-and-seek in our backyard. Our version of the game was played at night. The finder was granted the use of a flashlight, but had to cover a fairly large area with many good hiding spots. My kids were darn good at hiding and I wasn’t very effective at finding them — except once! The game had started as usual, but for some reason (probably related to a Skeptiko interview I had done) I had the notion that I should try to psychicly remote view their location. As soon as the thought crossed my mind an image of my oldest son and daughter crouched underneath a wooden play flashed in my mind. Even though I had never had such an experience before, I felt quite sure about what I has seen and immediately ran there. I turned on the flashlight and there they were — exactly as I had seen them.
While my brush with the remote viewing wouldn’t impress serious parapsychology researchers, or professional remote viewers like today’s guest Dr. Paul Smith, it defiantly left me with the sense that I had experienced something beyond what traditional science can explain. Today’s guest on Skeptiko explores how science is approaching strange phenomena like remote viewing and whether a tradition/reductionist scientific approach is likely to yield results:
by Alex Tsakiris | Dec 9 | Consciousness Science, Parapsychology
Remote Viewer Dr. Paul Smith has concerns about the direction of parapsychology research. Also doubts 9/11 remote viewing.
http://www.skeptiko.com/wp-content/uploads/skeptiko-295-luke-rudkowski.jpg
photo by: David Webb
A few years ago, when the kids were younger, they loved playing hide-and-seek in our backyard. Our version of the game was played at night. The finder was granted the use of a flashlight, but had to cover a fairly large area with many good hiding spots. My kids were darn good at hiding and I wasn’t very effective at finding them — except once! The game had started as usual, but for some reason (probably related to a Skeptiko interview I had done) I had the notion that I should try to psychicly remote view their location. As soon as the thought crossed my mind an image of my oldest son and daughter crouched underneath a wooden play flashed in my mind. Even though I had never had such an experience before, I felt quite sure about what I has seen and immediately ran there. I turned on the flashlight and there they were — exactly as I had seen them.
While my brush with the remote viewing wouldn’t impress serious parapsychology researchers, or professional remote viewers like today’s guest Dr. Paul Smith, it defiantly left me with the sense that I had experienced something beyond what traditional science can explain. Today’s guest on Skeptiko explores how science is approaching strange phenomena like remote viewing and whether a tradition/reductionist scientific approach is likely to yield results: