Are Psychics Real?

If you have ever wondered "are psychics real?" youtechnology did. In modern times advanced electronic
are not alone. Many people ask them selves this veryequipment is often used to test for psychic
same question every day. The answer is often notphenomena. This is because paranormal events
an easy one but for thousands of years, people havereportedly cause energy disturbances across the
turned to psychics, and clairvoyants for love,entire electromagnetic spectrum. Some speculate
romance, and life advice. Some say psychics eventhat energy is drawn from the surrounding
have the ability to communicate with the spirits ofenvironment to power psychic events. Modern day
the departed.paranormal investigators monitor these environmental
However, over the years claims of spiritualism andenergy changes with a variety of modern
psychic powers have been so widespread and theinstruments including EMF detectors, temperature
reports of its effects so numerous and impressivesensors, static electricity detectors, ionization
that it was inevitable that scientists would bedetectors, motion detectors, EVP recording devices,
attracted to the alleged phenomena. ParapsychologyRF detectors, and radiation monitors.
the science that studies these phenomena focusedSo, whether you believe in psychics, paranormal
on many areas including telepathy, clairvoyance,activity, or spiritualism the fact of the matter is there
hypnotism, spirits, spiritualism, and the history ofis currently hard scientific data documenting the
spiritual manifestations.anomalous psychic events which occur in the
Although Parapsychology is still considered a fringeeveryday world around us. In addition for thousands
science by many scientists it still merits the attentionof years unexplained phenomena have been
of renowned educational institutions such as Princetondocumented throughout history. Are millions of people
University and Berkley. Princeton offers the Princetoncrazy? I think not. I assure you that the spiritual
Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) degree andrealm does exist and I am not alone in that belief.
the University of Berkley in California awarded theMany scientists, layman, and spiritualists share the
only American accredited degree in Parapsychologysame views about our universe. Even some world
to Jeffery Mishlove in 1980. But in saying this I amrenowned physicists speculate the need for more
putting the cart before the horse.than one dimension to explain life as we know it.
The pioneers of modern Parapsychology began usingMy best advice is to try to keep an open mind and
the experimental approach to psychic phenomena atan objective outlook about things that we do not
Duke University in the 1930s under the direction offully understand. that is unless you believe the sole
Joseph Rhine. Subsequently Karl Zener one ofcriterion of reality is our limited human ability to
J.Rhines associates developed the world renownedquantify, tag, and label it. After all we can not see
Zener card test for testing ESP abilities using thethe wind but we do see the affect it has on the
scientific method. These ESP tests were conductedleaves as they blow about. Does this mean wind
at Duke University in one of the first Pavloviandoes not exist just because we cannot see it?
conditioning laboratories.In closing I leave it up to you the reader to decide
Parapsychology progressed throughout the 20thfor your self the answer to the question at hand.
century and adopted current technology as itBut, know this my answer to the question "are
became available. The use of more sophisticatedpsychics real?" is yes. Psychics, psychic abilities, spirits,
methods of paranormal investigation advanced asand ESP are real whether you believe in them or not.