Debunking The Telepathy Tapes: The Role of Facilitator Behaviors

Janyce L. Boynton argues that The Telepathy Tapes revives long-discredited facilitated communication (FC) by mistaking facilitator-generated cues for evidence of telepathy. She points to physical, visual, and verbal cues—including movements of letterboards, hand signals, touch, and verbal prompts—and argues that the podcast's experiments fail to properly blind facilitators, making rigorous authorship testing essential before accepting claims of psychic communication. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2026/08/debunking-the-telepathy-tapes-the-role-of-facilitator-behaviors/ About the Author: Janyce L. Boynton, MEd, BS, is an artist, educator, and former facilitator who advocates for evidence-based practices in the field of communication sciences and disorders. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/