Robin Epstein
Over almost three decades, a small laboratory at Princeton University
managed to embarrass university administrators, outrage Nobel
laureates, entice the support of philanthropists and make headlines
around the world with its efforts to prove that thoughts can alter the
course of events. —The New York Times, February 6, 2007
WHEN I READ THAT first sentence in Benedict Carey’s front-page
article about what sounded like an ESP lab, I shook my head
in disbelief. A laboratory that studied psychic phenomena? At
Princeton University? Impossible!
But after racing through the article, then tumbling down
a Google hole of curiosity, I discovered that not only did the
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research lab (PEAR) exist, it
was modeled on similar laboratories at Stanford and Duke. And
the more I read on the subject, the more fascinated I became,
especially after learning that the Department of Defense, CIA
and US Army Intelligence had spent millions of dollars studying
parapsychology, the quantum physics of consciousness, andtraining their officers to become psychic spies. They weren’t the
only ones; the Soviets had a psychic warfare program, too.
The lab and university I write about in HEAR are entirely
made up. But though the study of ESP is real and well funded,
the subject itself remains controversial: Is it true science or science
fiction? The doubters know their answer. Yet a lesson I’ve
learned over the years is that just because I don’t fully understand
something doesn’t mean it can’t exist. If that were the
case, I wouldn’t trust math or believe in love either.
managed to embarrass university administrators, outrage Nobel
laureates, entice the support of philanthropists and make headlines
around the world with its efforts to prove that thoughts can alter the
course of events. —The New York Times, February 6, 2007
WHEN I READ THAT first sentence in Benedict Carey’s front-page
article about what sounded like an ESP lab, I shook my head
in disbelief. A laboratory that studied psychic phenomena? At
Princeton University? Impossible!
But after racing through the article, then tumbling down
a Google hole of curiosity, I discovered that not only did the
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research lab (PEAR) exist, it
was modeled on similar laboratories at Stanford and Duke. And
the more I read on the subject, the more fascinated I became,
especially after learning that the Department of Defense, CIA
and US Army Intelligence had spent millions of dollars studying
parapsychology, the quantum physics of consciousness, andtraining their officers to become psychic spies. They weren’t the
only ones; the Soviets had a psychic warfare program, too.
The lab and university I write about in HEAR are entirely
made up. But though the study of ESP is real and well funded,
the subject itself remains controversial: Is it true science or science
fiction? The doubters know their answer. Yet a lesson I’ve
learned over the years is that just because I don’t fully understand
something doesn’t mean it can’t exist. If that were the
case, I wouldn’t trust math or believe in love either.
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Thank you Robin Epstein I Am the author of Help Me To Live Right Written by Kenneth Mitchell Jehovah www.helpmetoliveright.com Great Robin Epstein it's people like you that make my mission easier Thanks!!! I thank you for your excellent comment. What show I do toget more attention?
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