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parapsychologists

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  • noun Plural form of parapsychologist.

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  • It was enough of an academic challenge to be open to the possibility of life after death and test the survival-of-consciousness hypothesis in the laboratory; I reasoned that were I to add spirit guides to the list of spiritual possibilities and begin a research program around this hypothesis, I would probably lose all scientific credibility, even in the eyes of parapsychologists!

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • It was enough of an academic challenge to be open to the possibility of life after death and test the survival-of-consciousness hypothesis in the laboratory; I reasoned that were I to add spirit guides to the list of spiritual possibilities and begin a research program around this hypothesis, I would probably lose all scientific credibility, even in the eyes of parapsychologists!

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • It was enough of an academic challenge to be open to the possibility of life after death and test the survival-of-consciousness hypothesis in the laboratory; I reasoned that were I to add spirit guides to the list of spiritual possibilities and begin a research program around this hypothesis, I would probably lose all scientific credibility, even in the eyes of parapsychologists!

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • It was enough of an academic challenge to be open to the possibility of life after death and test the survival-of-consciousness hypothesis in the laboratory; I reasoned that were I to add spirit guides to the list of spiritual possibilities and begin a research program around this hypothesis, I would probably lose all scientific credibility, even in the eyes of parapsychologists!

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • Lovitch took the pajamas to an international team of parapsychologists and paranormal investigators.

    Mark C. Miller: Man's Pajamas Are Haunted 2010

  • It seems rather odd to seize upon them as an ‘answer’ to the issues involving psi (in one lecture, Wiseman says that there was an odd sort of ‘concordance’ amongst parapsychologists, because although there were apparently discrepancies amongst definitions held in the field, the vagueness kept them in a kind of ‘limbo’ of agreement … I should get the exact quote and post it …).

    On Quantum Theory And Parapsychology 2008

  • If you say psionics is indistinguishable from magic, you miss the point: magic is supernatural whereas psionics is based on a yet-undiscovered set of laws of nature that can be investigated, not by priests, but by parapsychologists at Duke University.

    MIND MELD: Today's SF Authors Define Science Fiction (Part 2) 2008

  • Many parapsychologists that study extraphysical phenomena scientifically are a good example of this — but unfortunately they are not well respected by either scientific or religious groups.

    On Miracles 2009

  • As another reminder, here's the plot for Ghostbusters as well as the cast breakdown: University parapsychologists Dr. Peter Venkman (Murray), Dr. Raymond Stanz (Aykroyd) and Dr. Egon Spengler (Ramis) lose a research grant when their experiment methodology is proven to be bogus.

    Filmstalker: Closed: Win Ghostbusters on Blu-ray! 2009

  • Using humidity, temperatures and electromagnetic and sonic frequencies that parapsychologists have associated with haunted spaces, this project aims at building an environment that feels "haunted": a non-visual architecture.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Prof. Ravensdeath 2009

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