REMOTE VIEWING IN THE LIGHT OF TWO PARASCIENCE SIGNS
V. E. Osipov
Omsk State Technical University, 11, Mira av., Omsk, 644050, Russia
Keywords: дистанционное видение, дальновидение, парапсихология, паранаука, наука, метаанализ, критерий простоты, remote viewing, parapsychology, parascience, meta-analysis, simplicity criterion
Abstract
The paper considers whether the remote viewing research program meets two parascience criteria: (1) the deviation of its methods and cognitive activity standards from scientific ones and (2) the rejection of the simplicity principle. In particular, we consider definitions of remote viewing, as well as various aspects concerning the remote viewing research program, such as a brief historical information, methodological prescriptions, statistical methods, empirical data, cases of experiments, and exerts’ opinions. We found that the program did not meet the first parascience criterion. Basing on reliable empirical data proving the existence of remote viewing, we also conclude that psychologists who hypothesize non-physical interactions should not be attributed with the second parascience sign as well.
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