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Why Parapsychology DOES matter

Posted by Atticus on Thursday, February 25, 2010, In : Science 

Most psychology professors, and people who work in a field related to parapsychology, are quite skeptical of psychic phenomena. The same is true of biologists, physicists, and others involved in the physical sciences. They do not put much credence in the claims of things like telepathy, clairvoyance or telekinesis. Many psychology students, however, are not so skeptical — they tend to believe that these phenomena are real.
RiPA is the cross over between this gap. 
RiPA accepts that there coul...


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Ganzfeld Experiments

Posted by RiPA Rep on Thursday, July 9, 2009, In : Scientific Projects 
Sensory deprivation can be, and has been, an instrument of torture, but in parapsychology it has provided the means for some remarkably sucessful experiments in telepathy.

As of 09/07/09, RiPA has been commissioned to undertake a series of sessions using the Ganzfeld for modern research.

So what exactly does the Ganzfeld consist of?
In these experiments, subjects are placed in conditions of mild sensory deprivation, sitting in a comfortable reclining chair, or laying on a floor, listening to whi...

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