Parapsychology | Cambridge Skeptics

Nov 233 min read

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On: Poltergeists, Geophys' and Expectancy

How a quirky parapsychology experiment in a Cambridge end terrace in the early 1960s nearly brought the house down.

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Oct 143 min read

The Return of The Invisible Ghost: Further Apparitional Observation & Top-Down Processing

How a quirky series of parapsychology experiments across Cambridge in the early 1960s came perilously close to profound insight...

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Oct 43 min read

The Invisible Ghost: Apparitional Observation & Inattentional Blindness

How a quirky parapsychology experiment on the Cambridge Backs in the 1950s preempted a major psychological discovery some 4 decades later.

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Oct 17, 20232 min read

Brain Bucket of Belief: Michael Persinger & His God Helmet

How Prof. Michael Persinger came face-to-face with God through science, geomagnetism and a modified Ski-Doo helmet.

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Oct 10, 20232 min read

No Stone Unturned: The So-Called Stone Tape Theory

How TV ruined a perfectly speculative hypothesis on the aetiology of apparitional experiences.

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Oct 3, 20232 min read

The Pseudoscience of Ghosts

How seemingly pseudoscientific explanations distort our understanding of apparitional experiences.

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