Monday, February 12, 2007
ESP lab sees doors close
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(Mail & Guardian) from United States of America.
A laboratory dedicated to extra-sensory perception and telekinesis at the prestigious Princeton University in New Jersey is to close after nearly 30 years of research.
The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory was set up in 1979 by Richard Jahn, the university's former dean of applied science and engineering, to investigate whether human consciousness could interfere with sensitive computers and machinery, a possibility described as "functionally devastating" for people in aeroplane cockpits, operating theatres and intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
The lab, which raised eyebrows among university staff and drew ridicule from Nobel prizewinners, attracted an estimated $10-million from philanthropists and is set to transfer to a nearby...
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Dark forcePosted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Mail & Guardian) from United States of America.
A laboratory dedicated to extra-sensory perception and telekinesis at the prestigious Princeton University in New Jersey is to close after nearly 30 years of research.
The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory was set up in 1979 by Richard Jahn, the university's former dean of applied science and engineering, to investigate whether human consciousness could interfere with sensitive computers and machinery, a possibility described as "functionally devastating" for people in aeroplane cockpits, operating theatres and intercontinental ballistic missile silos.
The lab, which raised eyebrows among university staff and drew ridicule from Nobel prizewinners, attracted an estimated $10-million from philanthropists and is set to transfer to a nearby...
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