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psychic research

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  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

The late Thomas Welton Stanford, brother of Leland Stanford, was a firm believer in "psychic phenomena," endowed a chair of psychic research at California's Stanford University.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was psychic research that we particularly discussed.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp

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