BEYOND THE COIN TOSS: EXAMINING WISEMAN'S CRITICISMS OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY.
We examine the critique of parapsychology offered by Professor Richard Wiseman in his 2010 paper, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose; How Parapsychologists Nullify Null Results, published in the Skeptical Inquirer, and offer detailed rebuttals to his main contentions. Some of the analyses we conduct are as...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 56 - 80 |
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Rhine Research Center
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