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There is this rather amusing section, though:

"(Richard Wiseman – the same guy who provided the negative aura for the Wiseman and Schiltz experiment – has started a pre-register site for Bem replications. He says he has received five of them. This is very promising. There is also a separate pre-register for parapsychology trials in general. I am both extremely pleased at this victory for good science, and ashamed that my own field is apparently behind parapsychology in the “scientific rigor” department)"



After reading that article, I actually came away with a very positive view of the field of parapsychology in general. Of course psychics aren't real, but the Flying Spaghetti Monster can be used to make legitimate points about the study of religion, to use an analogy.




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