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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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The Effect of Psychic Functioning on Experiments

In parapsychology, it is sometimes called the experimenter effect. The idea is that without intending to and a researcher who's performing an experiment may psychically influence the outcome of that experiment. Many spontaneous ESP experiences lack a conscious intention. It's been speculated that some people who are highly successful in life are as successful as they are. They're using their psychic abilities to navigate life without even realizing it.

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