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psychic research

Cultural  
  1. Scientific investigation into phenomena that cannot be explained by known natural laws. (See ESP, extrasensory perception, parapsychology, and telepathy.)


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They couldn’t, but that didn’t stop American spies from pouring millions into psychic research for more than a decade, long after Gottlieb left the C.I.A.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

His first book—I published it in 1913—had taken hold like a Long Island sand crab and at that time psychic research had nowhere near the vogue it has at present.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

Contrariwise telepathic inklings etc *have* been reported throughout human history and across all cultures, in addition to having support from psychic research and parapsychology.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2014

He would like to see London University institute a chair of psychic research with himself as professor, has offered the university his library and equipment plus a yearly endowment of $2,500.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is no longer necessary to apologize for the work of psychic research, that is among intelligent people.

From War and the Weird by Phillips, Forbes

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