Episode 18: Psychics and the Paranormal!

Science and mysticism have been intertwined for centuries, but in many ways, science has also been used to perpetuate bogus spiritual experiences by charlatans and grifters within the spiritual and spirit community. Ghost hunters use thermal energies and electro-magnetic devices to decipher spirit interactions and charlatans used a wide variety of tricks to prove their abilities including magnets to show telekinesis among others! In this episode we touch on psychics, the paranormal, and scientific validity of both and the potential issues these can pose for our community. Come join our discord! https://discord.gg/kJthJyxTBc Resources: CIA Reports - please read these with a critical eye! Certain Problems in Biological Electrodynamics and Psychoenergetics: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00787R000500090004-6.pdf Psychic Warfare: Exploring the Mind Frontier: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3.pdf Summary Analysis of Remote Viewing: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00788R000900870001-8.pdf Scientific Articles Neuroimaging during Trance State: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500298/ Failure to Replicate Precognition: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033423 Precognition and Alternate Mind States Ganzfeld Study: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/testing-precognition-and-altered-state-of-consciousness-with-sele Difficulties of studying psychic ability (Journal of Parapsychology): https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-18747-002 Accuracy and neural correlates of blinded mediumship compared to controls on an image classification task: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278262620302414?via%3Dihub Electromagnetic Field (EMF) studies: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490801/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3494709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490801/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cpr.12142 Blogs/Websites Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind? https://www.livescience.com/52641-science-of-paranormal-ghosts.html