James E. Alcock

Why do so few scientists take ESP and related phenomena seriously? Only a small number of scientists study ESP, and only a few more accept the results of ESP research as being significant. Perhaps, says James E. Alcock, the author of this article, it is because ESP research does not follow the usual rules of science. A major problem, Alcock says, is that parapsychologists- those who study such things as ESP-seem to consider all of their results, even negative ones, as proof of ESP's existence.
Alcock uses several terms that may be unfamiliar to you. Here are explanations of some of them. "Remote viewing" is a type of ESP in which a person uses mental energy alone to see something out of sight-in another room, another city, or even another country. "Psi—missing...