Christina DeFiori
The chapter Psychics and Scientists begins with a very thoughtful example to explain precognition. We have all had an instance when we thought about a person and then the phone buzzes and it magically appears to be that person. Of course this coincidence seems like a big deal and might even make people say the line, “I must be psychic.” What this chapter points out is a very important argument: You might have been right that one time, but what about the hundreds of times you were incorrect? If the set of events, say tossing a coin 100 versus 5 times, is larger, then coincidences are in fact very likely to occur and are not remarkable. Psi or parapsychology is broken down into telepathy, psychokinesis, and clairvoyance to explain the processes of information or energy transfer. Even though hundreds of research studies have been done to investigate these certain ideas, nothing to explain them have been found to this day. Psychics have been used to help police with figuring out information about crimes, but even the police say that the information the psychics bring to the table is of no help. The same case as the first example used in the chapter is evident when it comes to psychic …show more content…
The group of psychics had a mean of 2.09 and the students had a mean of 2.33 for the number of correct checked statements. After the comments were evaluated by judges who ranked each statement from very inaccurate to very accurate, the psychics had a mean of 3.83 and the students had a mean of 5.63 for accuracy. Several of the comments made were obvious statements just from observing the objects. The police also stated that none of the information would have been helpful in solving the crimes. The psychics were in fact just as unsuccessful when it came to choosing statements from the list and, also just making free
The chapter Psychics and Scientists begins with a very thoughtful example to explain precognition. We have all had an instance when we thought about a person and then the phone buzzes and it magically appears to be that person. Of course this coincidence seems like a big deal and might even make people say the line, “I must be psychic.” What this chapter points out is a very important argument: You might have been right that one time, but what about the hundreds of times you were incorrect? If the set of events, say tossing a coin 100 versus 5 times, is larger, then coincidences are in fact very likely to occur and are not remarkable. Psi or parapsychology is broken down into telepathy, psychokinesis, and clairvoyance to explain the processes of information or energy transfer. Even though hundreds of research studies have been done to investigate these certain ideas, nothing to explain them have been found to this day. Psychics have been used to help police with figuring out information about crimes, but even the police say that the information the psychics bring to the table is of no help. The same case as the first example used in the chapter is evident when it comes to psychic …show more content…
The group of psychics had a mean of 2.09 and the students had a mean of 2.33 for the number of correct checked statements. After the comments were evaluated by judges who ranked each statement from very inaccurate to very accurate, the psychics had a mean of 3.83 and the students had a mean of 5.63 for accuracy. Several of the comments made were obvious statements just from observing the objects. The police also stated that none of the information would have been helpful in solving the crimes. The psychics were in fact just as unsuccessful when it came to choosing statements from the list and, also just making free