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Telekinesis
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Telekinesis is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Simply put, it is the moving or manipulating of objects with the mind, wi
An artist's conception of spontaneous telekinesis from a 1911 issue of the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse
An artist's conception of spontaneous telekinesis from a 1911 issue of the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse
An advertising poster depicting magician Harry Kellar performing the "Levitation of Princess Karnac" illusion, 1894, U.S. Library of Congress
An advertising poster depicting magician Harry Kellar performing the "Levitation of Princess Karnac" illusion, 1894, U.S. Library of Congress
Eusapia Palladino "levitates" a table while researcher Alexander Aksakof (right) monitors for fraud, Milan, 1892.
Eusapia Palladino "levitates" a table while researcher Alexander Aksakof (right) monitors for fraud, Milan, 1892.
Spirit photography hoaxer Édouard Isidore Buguet (1840–1901) of France fakes telekinesis in this 1875 cabinet card photograph titled Fluidic Effect.
Spirit photography hoaxer Édouard Isidore Buguet (1840–1901) of France fakes telekinesis in this 1875 cabinet card photograph titled Fluidic Effect.
Pseudoscience
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Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be scientific but are inherently incompatible with the scientific method. Pseudoscience is often characterized by contradictor
Telekinesis
…lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no reliable evidence that telekinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience. There is a broad scientific consensus that telekinetic research has not produced a reliable demonstration of the phenomenon…
A typical 19th-century phrenology chart: during the 1820s, phrenologists claimed the mind was located in areas of the brain, and were attacked for dou
A typical 19th-century phrenology chart: during the 1820s, phrenologists claimed the mind was located in areas of the brain, and were attacked for doubting that mind came from the nonmaterial soul. Their idea of reading "bumps" in the skull to predict personality traits was later discredited. Phrenology was first termed a pseudoscience in 1843 and continues to be considered so.
The astrological signs of the zodiac
The astrological signs of the zodiac
Homeopathic preparation Rhus toxicodendron, derived from poison ivy
Homeopathic preparation Rhus toxicodendron, derived from poison ivy