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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.

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  1. Re:Paranormal = What is not explained by Science. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1. "Supernatural" is an annoying word. If e.g. ESP is possible, it would be something amazing, but natural, and we'd go about finding an explanation for it. Dismissing the possibility of some occurrence merely because it is commonly associated with those who do not seek explanations is irrational

    2. Some of these tests showed statistically significant positive results. More recent research, I assume, remains classified.