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Telekinesis (from Ancient Greek τηλε- ' far off ' and -κίνησις ' motion ' [1]) is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. [2] [3] Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability.
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near-death experiences, synchronicity, apparitional experiences, etc. [1] Criticized as being a pseudoscience, the majority of mainstream scientists reject it.
The ganzfeld effect was originally introduced into experimental psychology due to the experiments of the German psychologist Wolfgang Metzger (1899–1979) who demonstrated that subjects who were presented with a homogeneous visual field would experience perceptual distortions that could rise to the level of hallucinations. [6]
4. Telepathy vs. Telekinesis: Controlling the Mind. Telepathy is the power to send and receive thoughts and images as a form of communication without opening your mouth.
The idea of remote viewing received renewed attention in the 1990s upon the declassification of documents related to the Stargate Project, a $20 million research program sponsored by the U.S. government that attempted to determine potential military applications of psychic phenomena. The program ran from 1975 to 1995 and ended after evaluators ...
[1] [page needed] Atmokinesis – The ability to control the weather by calling for rainfall or storms. Automatic writing – The ability to draw or write without conscious intent. [2] [page needed] Bilocation – The ability to be present in two different places at the same time, usually attributed to a saint.
[22] [23] As to why the paper was published, several reasons were provided, including the fact that "the paper is presented as a scientific document by two qualified scientists, writing from a major research establishment apparently with the unqualified backing of the research institute itself" and that the paper "would allow parapsychologists ...
[33] [30] Examples of psychic abilities in fiction, whether attributed to supernatural agencies or otherwise, predated the "psionics" vogue. But the editors of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction [ 34 ] [ 35 ] describe and define a post-war "psi-boom" in genre science fiction—"which he [Campbell] engineered"—dating it from the mid-1950s to ...