Does Karen Hopkin cite Rupert Sheldrake? Are there anecdotes of women feeling their breasts “become warm” when a creep’s staring a bit too intently at the girls? Nope! Rather she cites a new paper from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences where test subjects judged a simulation of a clever situation. Yet this is another example of mainstream scientists appropriating forteana for their own ends. Substantial analysis comes from the anonymous Neuroskeptic, who also wants to know, “Do You Believe In Eye Beams? Neuroskeptic explains how Arvid Guterstam’s “Implicit model of other people’s visual attention as an invisible, force-carrying beam projecting from the eyes” is nudging him towards becoming a believer. (CS)

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