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Virtual Reality Gaming System Tests for Telepathy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grumbling-from-the-cynic's-corner dept.

Big Ben writes "UK scientists have built a virtual computer world designed to test telepathic ability. Approximately 100 participants will take part in the group gaming experiment at the University of Manchester which aims to test whether telepathy exists between individuals using the system. The project will also look at how telepathic abilities may vary depending on the relationships which exist between participants." Note: for their sakes, I hope they succeed in proving anything paranormal's going on — if they can reproduce such a result, it could earn them the $1 million prize long offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation.

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  1. Paranormal research also at respected institutions by mdkemp · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Research into this stuff isn't just for cooks and crazies -- even Princeton has a small lab the goal of which is to experimentally gather a "better understanding of the role of consciousness in the establishment of physical reality". It's called the "Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research" (PEAR) lab, and its web page can be found at http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/ -- Martin

  2. Re:need an icon for crank science by paulthomas · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funny that you should say that about the Einstein icon. Einstein wrote the preface for Upton Sinclair's Mental Radio which was a book about remote viewing/telepathy.

  3. Re:Tax payer money at work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Matt,

    I agree with you. I'm not saying we're right,... I'm just saying I agree with the general premise that ruling it out might be equivalent to folks who are color blind questioning the absurdity of other colors that they can't see.

    There are times when I half-believe that speech is a "cover up" for telepathy.

    It begs the question of what's being communicated, images or language,... and, if images, does that mean that a blind person would be at a disadvantage. It's worth a moment to ask what we're really speaking about.

    Also, might be worth a moment to go back and look at the "party line" reaction to the early reports of electrical signs of brain activity being picked up on the "first" EEG machines.

    Eh,... some people like to live with secure boundaries,... and some folks don't need them quite as badly.

    regards,
    gerry