parapsychology

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Towards the end of her studies she switched to parapsychology from forensic psychology, which concentrates on criminal behaviour.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

The dubious field of parapsychology, for instance, owes its existence to the decades of pseudoscholarship churned out at Duke and Harvard University–and financed by wealthy private patrons.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

In a first-person story for the Times, Mr. Toth called the pretext for his arrest “laughable,” saying a source he believed was a scientist had handed him a paper on parapsychology, not military secrets.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

Perhaps one of his most famous films, "Ghostbusters" saw Murray play the fictitious Columbia University parapsychology professor Peter Venkman who is fired alongside his co-workers after a paranormal encounter.

From Fox News • Sep. 21, 2021

Parapsychology Interest in parapsychology is very old, yet the simple fact is that there have been no repeatable studies which have demonstrated its existence, Uri Geller and other charlatans notwithstanding.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos