"Science and the taboo of psi" with Dean Radin

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January, 16 2008

ABSTRACT

Do telepathy, clairvoyance and other "psi" abilities exist? The majority of the general population believes that they do, and yet fewer than one percent of mainstream academic institutions have any faculty known for their interest in these frequently reported experiences. Why is a topic of enduring and widespread interest met with such resounding silence in academia? The answer is not due to a lack of scientific evidence, or even to a lack of scientific interest, but rather involves a taboo. I will discuss the nature of this taboo, some of the empirical evidence and critical responses, and speculate on the implications.

Speaker: Dean Radin
Dean Radin is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and four-time former President of the Parapsychological Association. He holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a masters degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has worked at AT&T Bell Labs and GTE Labs, mainly on human factors of advanced telecommunications products and services, and held appointments at Princeton University, Edinburgh University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, SRI International, Interval Research Corporation, and Boundary Institute. At these facilities he was engaged in basic research on exceptional human capacities, principally psi phenomena.

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Video Comments:
contents99 (October 12, 2008 at 6:13 am)
wouldn't it be weird if weird things never happened?
contents99 (October 12, 2008 at 6:11 am)
i can move things with my mind
BeingSomeoneHuman (October 7, 2008 at 7:32 am)
What is the controversy on pounds per square inch?
meg33y (October 8, 2008 at 5:06 am)
idiot. whats the vid before commenting
theanimemasterman (October 8, 2008 at 7:12 pm)
HA HA HA its so taboo I would even feel uncomfortable explaining it to you. Shutters, a 35psi tier is actually 45psi in California but only 40 in Denver, everyone lies to you including all the gauges. ITS A CONSPIRACY!
alanstarkie2001 (October 4, 2008 at 12:41 am)
Funnily enough, I know Jaytee and his owner - the dog is named after the singer, James taylor btw. The dog used to go to the window about five minutes before the owner got home - she varied her return times but the dog always seemed to know when she was nearing home - this seems quite common in dogs though.
MetaphysicsAddict (September 23, 2008 at 8:20 am)
true!
rabarbersnopp (September 22, 2008 at 6:19 am)
I don't have an explanation for psi but I have to say it's incredibly arrogant to simply dismiss it just because you can't explain it. Do we really know everything about how the world works today?

If a 15th century physicist came up with an experiment to show effects of electricity his colleagues would probably laugh at him. Perhaps they didn't know everything about how our world works?
MetaphysicsAddict (September 22, 2008 at 10:13 am)
Yes indeed! we don't know how gravity works, but that doesn't mean we should dismiss the evidence for gravity!
alanstarkie2001 (October 4, 2008 at 12:30 am)
I thought we did know how gravity works, mass & distortion of space-time etc as demonstrated by gravitational lensing.