What is Parapsychology?
[[File:Ganzfeld.jpg|thumb|256px|An experiment with [[sensory deprivation]] to demonstrate [[telepathy]].]] '''Parapsychology''' is the study of [[supernatural|psychic]] events. These phenomena involve the exchange of information between a person and their environment, without the use of the [[Sensory system|five senses]]. They include extrasensory perception (such as [[telepathy]]), influence of [[mind]] on [[matter]] ([[psychokinesis]]), anomalous experiences (such as [[reincarnation|past life experiences]] and [[near death experience]]s) and [[ghosts|apparition]]s. Such things have been reported for a very long time.<ref>Jane Henry (2005). ''Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences'', Routledge, pp. 7-8.</ref> In 2005, [[Nobel prize|Nobel Laureate]] [[Brian Josephson]] said that many scientists are not yet swayed by the evidence for parapsychology and the [[supernatural|paranormal]]. Josephson contends that some scientists feel uncomfortable about ideas such as [[telepathy]] and that their emotions sometimes get in the way when making evaluations.<ref name=thalstorm>[[Michael Thalbourne|Michael A. Thalbourne]] and Lance Storm (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=YxDddIkpmnYC&q=Parapsychology+in+the+Twenty-First+Century:+Essays+on+the+future+of+Psychical+Research Parapsychology in the twenty-first century: essays on the future of psychical research] McFarland, pp. 1-2.</ref>The study of purported psychic phenomena and other paranormal claims, as those connected to near-death experiences, synchronicity, apparitional encounters, etc., is known as parapsychology. The majority of mainstream scientists disagree with it, calling it a pseudoscience. ==Parapsychology terms== * '''Telepathy''': the transfer of information outside of the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste) * * '''Precognition''': transfer of information about the future. * * '''Clairvoyance''': transfer of information about far away places. * * '''[[Psychokinesis]]''': the ability of the mind to influence things ou