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Sample the Skeptic's Dictionary

psychokinesis (PK)

 

Psychokinesis (PK) is the process of using only the mind, with no physical intervention, to manipulate physical objects. When the manipulation involves moving an object by mental effort, it is referred to as telekinesis. >>more

 

 

sample Mysteries and Science (for kids 9 and up)

ESP

In a nutshell: ESP stands for extrasensory perception. If you had ESP, you could see, feel, or hear things without using your eyes, hands, or ears. There are some scientists who say they have proof of ESP, but most scientists think the proof is weak and does not support a belief in ESP.

ESP stands for extrasensory perception.

Sensory perception is seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, or tasting. Extrasensory perception is when you see or hear something that can't be seen or heard with your eyes and ears. Such experiences happen outside the normal range of the senses and are said to be paranormalor psychic. Most scientists don't think paranormal events actually happen or that anyone is actually psychic. .>>more

a blast from the past

Psychic cat or clever doctor?

1 Feb 2010. In July 2007, the media went gaga over a paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by David M. Dosa, M.D., M.P.H. Dosa claimed that a cat named Oscar possessed death-predicting ability. Never mind that the cat lives in a nursing home for the nearly dead and that his ability was identified by his lying down on the beds of patients who died soon afterward. Dosa made a case that the cat was predicting death. >>more