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The Curse of the Invisible Ghost: Apparitional Observation & Inattentional Blindness in the Wild
So I've been thinking about recent reports of apparitional experiences exemplifying inattentional blindness...

Chris Gyford
Mar 82 min read
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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.

Chris Gyford
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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No Need for Mockery: Tucker - The Man and His Dream
So, I've been thinking about Tucker Carlson, demonic attack and the mockery and misunderstanding of a surprisingly common medical condition.

Chris Gyford
Nov 2, 20242 min read
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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...

Chris Gyford
Oct 14, 20243 min read
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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.

Chris Gyford
Oct 4, 20243 min read
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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.

Chris Gyford
Oct 17, 20232 min read
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No Stone Unturned: The So-Called Stone Tape Theory
How TV ruined a perfectly speculative hypothesis on the aetiology of apparitional experiences.

Chris Gyford
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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The Pseudoscience of Ghosts
How seemingly pseudoscientific explanations distort our understanding of apparitional experiences.

Chris Gyford
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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