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2000
Abstract This chapter focuses on the paranormal — a collection of things such as telepathy, precognition, the occult, astrology, and the like — as another set of phenomena that does not necessarily entail religion, but could also serve as basis for claiming that science cannot explain everything in this world.
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Abstract This chapter focuses on the paranormal — a collection of things such as telepathy, precognition, the occult, astrology, and the like — as another set of phenomena that does not necessarily entail religion, but could also serve as basis for claiming that science cannot explain everything in this world.
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Experientia, 1988
Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of many sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious rituals of healing are still around, but some have been replaced by pseudo-scientific systems, thinly disguising old superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the half-educated.
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Faith in paranormal cures has always been the last hope of many sufferers from chronic or incurable diseases. Magico-religious rituals of healing are still around, but some have been replaced by pseudo-scientific systems, thinly disguising old superstitions in new obscurantism, more appealing to the half-educated.
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The psychology of paranormal beliefs
Experientia, 1988Investigation of paranormal claims has failed to find any repeatable phenomena, yet beliefs in such phenomena are extremely prevalent. Some of the psychological mechanisms which support these beliefs are described. Mental imagery, subjective validation, coincidence, hidden causes, and fraud all contribute to the folklore in this field. Magical thinking
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Self-Actualization of “Paranormals”
Journal of Personality Assessment, 1971Summary A sample of 56 Ss nominated by others as paranormals and self-stated as experiencing paranormal (occult) phenomena, were administered measures purportedly reflected dimensions of the self-actualization concept. Ss reported both their interest in, and experience of, 15 areas of paranormal phenomena.
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Physics World, 2002
When entering the office of a physics professor it is no surprise to find that space is at a premium, with books and research papers piled high on every available surface. In that respect, the office of Brian Josephson on the top floor of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge is no exception.
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When entering the office of a physics professor it is no surprise to find that space is at a premium, with books and research papers piled high on every available surface. In that respect, the office of Brian Josephson on the top floor of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge is no exception.
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Aluthge Transformation of (℘,≀,ϱ)-Paranormal and (℘,≀,ϱ)-*-Paranormal Operators
Advances in Nonlinear Variational InequalitiesPresent a newborn class of an operator -Paranormal and -*-paranormal operators. We examine properties and Aluthge Transformation,*-Aluthge Transformation, -Paranormal and -*-paranormal operators.
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