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Psychic Dogs and Enlisted Men: the Military's Research Into ESP (muckrock.com)

Posted by timothy on from the you-knew-they-were-doing-it dept.

v3rgEz writes: Government research often pushes the boundaries between science and science fiction. Today, the proud bearer of that mantle is often DARPA, experimenting with robots, cybernetics, and more. But in the sixties, during the height of the Cold War, this research often went into more fantastical realms, even exploring whether ExtraSensory Perception (ESP) was possible. Thanks to FOIA, MuckRock looks back on the paranormal history of American surveillance.

2 of 49 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Slashdot needs an +1 "good use of irony" mod.

  2. Re:On the one hand... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Put simply - if we actually have to ask whether such an ability exists... ...it doesn't.

    There have been several studies now which show a statistically significant psi effect, though too small to be practical.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p...

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