Physics and Psychics,
the Paranormal
Book:
Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World
Beyond
the Senses (1990)
You can get it from Amazon.com.
Reviews
From Publishers Weekly:
A particle physicist at the University of Hawaii, Stenger sets forth a
purely materialist, reductionist view of the universe. The
transcendent--gods, spirits, religious or mystical experiences--is
delusory, in his reckoning. He further maintains that paranormal
phenomena such as precognition or mind-over-matter are due to fraud,
hallucination, error or a will to believe. Whether he is discussing
ESP, poltergeists, UFOs, or out-of-body or near-death experiences, he
ignores, misrepresents or skims over evidence that would contradict his
thesis, while maintaining an aura of detached objectivity. Claiming
that religious or supernatural beliefs may be programmed into our DNA
because they once had survival value, Stenger rejects the holism of New
Age Thinkers and physicists, disputing their claim that instantaneous
connections link events across space and time.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Stenger is an elementary particle physicist, an atheist, a skeptic, and
an ardent defender of the scientific method. He uses the principle of
Occam's razor (the simplest explanation is the best) and the test of
the predictive value of a model to show how little evidence there is
for paranormal claims, including religious beliefs, as well as ESP,
astrology, and spirit channeling. Some of Stenger's ideas are
controversial even among scientists, and he tends to explain all human
qualities by just saying they are an evolutionary advantage. However,
this book provides an interesting overview of both skeptical and
credulous physics and much material for discussion. A good purchase for
undergraduate science collections.
- Amy Brunvand, Fort Lewis Coll., Durango, Col.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Book News, Inc.
Stenger (physics, U. of Hawaii) critically examines theories of a
transcendent reality in terms of what is currently known about matter
at its most fundamental level. He offers a convincing rebuttal to those
who attempt to link physics to mystical truths. Annotation copyright
Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.
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- Hyper-Charged Stories 'Bout the Little
Neutral
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- How to Make 6 Days Last 13
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Years.Vol.
8, No. 4, December 1998
- Einstein's Blunder. Vol. 9,
No.
1, March
1999.
- The Phantom of Free Energy.
Vol.
9, No. 2, June, 1999.
- The Parallel Delusion
of
ESP
and Cold Fusion. Vol. 9, No. 3, September, 1999.
- Human Gamma Rays. Vol. 9 No. 4,
December
1999.
- When Did It All Begin? Or Did It?.
Vol.
10 No. 1, March, 2000.
- Quantum Time Travel.
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No. 2 June, 2000.
- Buddy,
Can
You Paradigm? Vol. 10 No. 3 September, 2000.
- The
Emperor's
New Designer Clothes. Vol 10 No. 4 December 2000.
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1 March 2001.
- Tuning Up Your Crank Filters.
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11 No. 2 June 2001.
- The Epidemiology of Religion.
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11 No. 3 September 2001.
- The
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of Prayer. Vol. 11 No. 4 December 2001.
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No. 1
March
2002.
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Compatible?
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- Meta-Analysis
and the Filedrawer Effect.
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- The
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- Darwinism
and the Age of Earth. Vol 13, No. 2 June 2003.
- What is Really Real? Vol. 13, No.
3
September
2003.
- Shut Down the Shuttle. Vol. 13,
No. 4
December
2003.
- Can
Prayer Change the Past? Vol.
14,
No.
1, March 2004.
- The
Evolution of Creationism Vol. 14,
No. 2, June 2004.
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14,
No.
3, September 2004.
- Marooned on Spaceship Earth.Vol.
14, No.
4, December 2004.
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1,
March 2005.
- Qi = mc2. Vol. 15, No. 2,
June 2005.
- The Privileged Planet. Vol. 15, No.
3, September 2005.
- Free
Energy and Teleportation:
Numbers Don't Lie. Vol. 15, No. 4, December 2005.
- Supernatural Science. Vol. 16,
No. 1, March 2006, pp. 11-15.
- Why
Is There Something Rather Than
Nothing? Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2006.
- The Churchill Case Vol. 16,
No. 3, September 2006.
- String Theory: Physics or Theology?
Vol. 16, No. 4, December 2006.
- Let's End the Free Ride.
Vol. 17, No. 1 March 2007.
- God and Rev. Bayes. Vol. 17, No. 2
June 2007.
- The Mindless Quantum. Vol. 17,
No. 3 Sept. 2007.
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- ESP and Religion Vol.
17, No. 4 Dec. 2007.
- Is the Brain a Quantum Device?
Vol. 18, No. 1
March 2008.
- Will
the LHC Destroy Earth? Vol. 18, No. 2
July 2008. For comment only.
Unpublished paper
"ESP and Cold Fusion." This is an
updated
version of a paper written in 1992 that was never published. PDF
file.
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