125. "Paranormal" is Perfectly Normal – Dean Radin
Professor Dean Radin is one of the world’s leading authorities on psychic phenomena. His latest experiment aims to test the quantum observer effect.
“To test it properly it takes an act of subjective awareness of what is going on”, Dean says.
“If the results are replicated in lots of different laboratories, it directly informs an outstanding and long standing problem in the interpretation of quantum mechanics.”
In mainstream science, investigating how the mind affects matter is taboo.
“I know many academics have these experiences themselves, but you can’t talk about it, at the risk of your career.”
There is a materialist ‘police’ that is active on Wikipedia and in public debate. But it is a vociferous minority, Dean thinks.
Taboos don’t last forever. What will break this one? One candidate is psychedelics.
“Because psychedelics are coming back, more and more people recognize that our sense of reality is a construction.”
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