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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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 Posted - 07/18/2005 : 06:58:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hitchiker1
Replies to DUDE : You might be interested in the TIME/LIFE publication
Mysteries of the unknown " Psychic voyages " of which 48 of 157 pages are devoted to astral projection.The book describes an experiment carried out
in 1978 by the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City
where the subject known as Tanos was tested to see if he could identify
objects and people in a closed room using astral projection.Quote p.41: "In 197 trials conducted during 20 sessions , Tanous correctly identified the target 114 times."
56% hit rate? Little more than chance there. There's no explaination of the particular tests, are there? Time/life also had a book on ancient mysteries which included some older claims which had been debunked as well as not naming specifics. In some cases, it read like pure fiction.
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Another test in the book describes a subject Harary : " Harary was again isolated in a closed booth in one building
and was asked to project himself to a room in another building , where
four staff members were gathered.Harary was to identify the people he saw there.He scored perfectly on the first attempt, not only identifying the
participants but accurately reporting where each of the four was seated."
How many staff memebers worked for that particular branch. IIRC, ASPR was not a large organization in the late 70's. Again, chance as it was not repeated with the same results. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2005 : 11:22:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hitchiker1
Replies to DUDE : You might be interested in the TIME/LIFE publication
Mysteries of the unknown " Psychic voyages " of which 48 of 157 pages are devoted to astral projection.The book describes an experiment carried out
in 1978 by the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City
where the subject known as Tanos was tested to see if he could identify
objects and people in a closed room using astral projection.Quote p.41: "In 197 trials conducted during 20 sessions , Tanous correctly identified the target 114 times."
And there was an extensive (to the tune of $20 million) research project around the same time, funded by the CIA, into remote viewing. The conclusion of that project was that it was bullshit, and a waste of taxpayer money.
The "American Society for Physical Research", to my knowledge, is/was a group of credulous paranormal investigators. I would have serious doubts about the scientific credibility of any expiriments carried out by them.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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