Science of the Paranormal

from McGill Podcasts » Mini-Science · host Cody Rei-Anderson

History is peppered with accounts of psychics predicting the future, mediums conversing with the dead, and aliens abducting earthlings. Today, “psychic surgeons” claim to remove tumours without making incisions and “paranormalists” bend spoons with the power of their minds. What does science say about these claims?

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History is peppered with accounts of psychics predicting the future, mediums conversing with the dead, and aliens abducting earthlings. Today, "psychic surgeons" claim to remove tumours without making incisions and "paranormalists" bend spoons with the power of their minds. What does science say about these claims? [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/scienceandtechnology/P100306MSSchwarcz.m4v" image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2010/09/Schwarcz.jpg" /]

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