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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

When Rhine later joined the faculty of Duke University, he began a lifelong devotion to psychic research.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is entirely opposed to proper psychic research.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Braybrooke, Patrick

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