31-10-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com

Did a memory experiment really show evidence for psychic abilities?

Here’s a Halloween-themed Mind Game for you. A 2011 psychology study claimed to show evidence for precognition - but had more to say about the state of psychology research than anything paranormalAs the great Carl Sagan once put it, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”*. And as far as extraordinary claims go, suggesting that humans can possess psychic abilities is a pretty big one. But in 2011, that was the claim that was made in a famous psychology paper by Da
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