Psychology

Spirituality, Not Just Religion, May Be Declining – Psychology Today
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Forteana raises its head in Dr. Ralph Lewis’s essay on how people are turning their backs on their grandparents’s religion. After addressing the hand-wringing over seemingly amoral millennials and Gen-Z’ers going godless, there is an increase in acceptance of anomalistic phenomena bucking the trend. Keeping in theme with The Power Of None, Diana Walsh Paulska […]

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Why Won't UFOs Go Away? – Psychology Today
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After the skeptic’s obligatory “Nobody would love [ET UFOs] more than me,” Guy P. Harrison does a good listing of all the usual difficulties of perception and fallacies in thinking regarding UFOs. Thankfully, the word “hoax” does not appear in this article–nor, for that matter, the term “radar.” Guy’s also a little light on “close […]

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Healthy People Can Hear Voices, Too – Psychology Today
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This contributor has no qualms with Clara Humpston’s declaration. Long before the Bronze Age Collapse, plenty of healthy people heard and honored the voices in their heads whispering secrets in Sumerian and other forgotten tongues. The phenomenon endures in the modern day, and Clara elaborates upon the science and statistics supporting her statement. Keeping with […]

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Psychology lecturer Dr Sonja Falck wants nerd and smarty-pants to be considered hate crime
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University of East London psychology lecturer and psychotherapist Dr Sonja Falck (pictured) says ‘divisive and humiliating’ anti-IQ insults can have negative effects that last a lifetime.

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Can Dreams Predict Death? – Psychology Today
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It’s important to keep track of your dreams. Eric Wargo recommends it at The Nightshirt and in Time Loops, and now Sharon Hewitt Rawelette’s joining the bandwagon for dreams which predict death. And it all boils down to Dr. Andrew Paquette’s pioneering, and skeptical, inquiry into the phenomenon. As for other wild talents, Tristan Shaw […]

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An Open Letter To The Diplomats With Havana Syndrome – Psychology Today
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Nobody knows what happened to those American diplomats in Havan back in 2016. Yet scientists and armchair researchers have come out of the woodwork to propose their kooky theories as gospel. Worse, mainstream media eats it up like squirrels at a bird feeder. In hopes of lending some sanity to this evergreen story, Robert Bartholomew […]

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How To Write A Convincing Coincidence Story – Psychology Today
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Coincidences are profound experiences, carrying a message for the experiencer which may also prove valuable to other people by encouraging people to look at the world differently. But merely writing about an experience isn’t enough. The devil is in the details and here’s time-tested method for weaving chilling tales of coincidence. One day Bernard Beitman […]

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Mind Over Matter – Psychology Today
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Wednesday evening I listened to NPR‘s Marketplace had an interesting meditation upon the question, Can You Talk The Economy Into A Recession? Some economists and sociologists think, “Yes.” Funny enough, Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, Carl Jung, Tom Shroder, Alan Moore, and others heartily agree, and Sharon enumerates instances where one’s thoughts are made manifest in the […]

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Are Near-Death Experiences Just Comforting Illusions? – Psychology Today
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Speaking of miracles, there’s something about the passage of the soul from the body which many would believe is a purely objective experience. Not so, according to Sharon Hewitt-Rawlette as she enumerates the many times where the dying returned to talk about things they couldn’t have seen in the mortal realm. Much to Michael Prescott’s […]

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Perception is Not Reality – Psychology Today
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Jim Taylor, PhD, sits us down and gives us a lesson in understanding the difference between Perception and Reality, two concepts which are increasingly conflated today, with consequences that we could well do without. He concludes the piece with a few tips that all of us, and especially certain people in high places, really ought […]

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