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Telepathy

Image NameGanzfeld.jpg
Image CaptionAn experiment in sensory deprivation aiming to demonstrate TP
UsageTerminology
NameTelepathy
OriginFredric W. H. Myers (1882)
ShortTP
DefinitionThe ostensible transference of thoughts or feelings between two or more subjects through Psi
CharacteristicsOne subject said to gain information from another that was shielded from their traditional senses by distance, time, or physical barriers.
See AlsoExtra-sensory perception,
Anomalous cognition,
Ganzfeld experiment

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Telepathy (from the Greek τηλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθη, pathe meaning "affliction, experience"), is the ostensible transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five senses (See Psi). The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, specifically to replace the earlier expression thought-transference. A person who is able to make use of telepathy is said to be able to read the thoughts and stored information in the brain of others. Telepathy, along with psychokinesis, forms the main branches of parapsychological research, and many studies seeking to detect, understand, and utilize telepathy have been done within the field.

Among the reasons the concept has not been accepted by the scientific community is that there is no accepted mechanism by which telepathy can work. As well, there is no definition which unambiguously distinguishes it from a number of other related concepts such as clairvoyance.

Telepathy is a common theme in modern fiction and science fiction, with many superheroes and supervillains having telepathic abilities. Such abilities include sensing the thoughts of others.

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Parapsychology

TopicsApparitional experience * Clairvoyance * Cold reading * Extrasensory perception * Ganzfeld experiment * Near-death experience * Plant perception (paranormal) * Precognition * Psychic * Psychic reading * Psychokinesis * Psychometry * Remote viewing * Telepathy
OrganizationsInternational Association for Near-Death Studies * National Laboratory of Psychical Research * Parapsychological Association * Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory * Society for Psychical Research
PeopleSusan Blackmore * Richard Broughton * Randall Fontes * Alister Hardy * Ray Hyman * Raymond Moody * Andrew Nichols * Tommaso Palamidessi * Dean Radin * James Randi * Joseph Banks Rhine * Rupert Sheldrake * Michael Shermer * Russell Targ * Charles Tart * Jessica Utts * Karl Zener
PublicationsJournal of Parapsychology



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