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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Parapsychology

JB Rhine ran dozens and dozens of studies studying everything from psychokinesis, moving objects without touching them to telepathy and clairvoyance. He fought to get people to replicate it and for our time a bunch of people did. After J.B.'s death, the American Journal of Psychology published an article about the Rines life's work. The era where parapsychology was taken seriously as a scientific discipline is over.

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