Extra-sensory Perception

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phenomena from spiritism and to investigate mediums and their activities." (http://wheel.ucdavis.edu) The research started over one hundred years ago and their goal was to understand why unexplainable phenomena was occurring. "Modern experiments, notably at Duke University under Joseph Banks Rhine, in Britain at the Society for Psychical Research and in Russian research labs, have concentrated principally on extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, and astral projection." (http://wheel.ucdavis.edu) J.B. Rhine did experiments in the field of extra sensory perception to test if it actually existed. Rhine made the "ESP cards" famous by his use of them in guessing experiments. "Rhine claimed in his 1934 book, , to have found overwhelming evidence of ESP." Joseph Banks Rhine was a pioneer in the science of parapsychology and he revolutionized the research into the subject.
There are three main branches of extra sensory perception, and the most known about and most popular is ...

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any outside world signals to enter. "A double blinded experiment was performed in which a single 3/4 inch die was placed in a 3x4x5 inch steel box." (Ebon-72) The box was vigorously shaken and at random, an unknown number to both Geller and the scientists was facing upwards. "In the eight times in which he gave a response, he was correct each time. The probability of this occurring by chance is approximately one in1010." (Ebon-73) The experiments continued on and similar results occurred, proving that his answers were not just random guessing, but a form of telepathy.
Clairvoyance is the power to perceive things that are out of the natural range of human senses. Precognition, ...

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