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Do ghosts exist? Is there any evidence for the paranormal? With millions believing in paranormal phenomena, it must either exist or be explained by psychological factors. Chris French introduces the field of anomalistic psychology, which aims to provide non-paranormal, scientific explanations of the seemingly unexplainable.
Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_F9VazZqk
Ever since records began, in every known society, a substantial proportion of the population has reported unusual experiences many of which we would today label as ‘paranormal’. Opinion polls
show that the majority of the general public accepts that paranormal phenomena do occur. Such widespread experience of and belief in the paranormal can only mean one of two things. Either the paranormal is real, in which case this should be accepted by the wider scientific community which currently rejects such claims; or else belief in and experience of ostensibly paranormal phenomena can be fully explained in terms of psychological factors. Chris French provides an introduction to the sub-discipline of anomalistic psychology, which may be defined as the study of extraordinary phenomena of behaviour and experience, in an attempt to provide non-paranormal
explanations in terms of known psychological and physical factors.
Chris French is Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research focusses on the psychology of paranormal belief and ostensibly paranormal experiences, the belief in conspiracy theories and false memories.
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That no friends joke really resonated with me
I want to know if someone has had paranormal experience and yet don't believe in ghosts. If someone has such experience he will believe in ghosts existence. If someone believes in light of his personal experience no one can make him disbelieve. If someone has fever, he will never deny that he has fever. One cannot convince him the other way round. If someone has paranormal experience only once in life, he must have felt a ghost. He cannot be viewed as mentally ill. Even if one experience it several times, he cannot be proved to be mentally sick. How come if you are more than 100% normal, don't have any stress, tension, depression etc. etc. and yet you have such experience.
Go to Carmel Maine to see Kent Burris you will believe ??☠️?????
Open your mind to the idea that your crazy. Lol What a misdirection.
There is a good channel for this material on YouTube. It's called Afterlife Topics And Metaphysics
Lol funny xx
There was an SNL skit back in the day involving Satan and a tool shed, "anything goes." lol.
One of the most interesting aspects of this field is the meaning and role that luck plays into our lives. Our brains being conditioned to think that we control chance and luck.
not a very strict controlled study. nice to see the Dawkins delusion here
Here's why these dowsers were upset and shocked that their "skills" didn't work under scientific scrutiny: the Dunning-Kruger effect. The people who assume they can do something well, are actually bad at it, but are too stupid, deluded or biased to know.
He addresses the weakest cases for "paranormal" phenomena and avoids the strongest cases. Very dishonest procedure. Self-described "skeptics" are mostly people who specialize in defending the conventional wisdom against its critics, usually by debunking the weakest criticisms of the conventional wisdom while ignoring the strongest. No exception here.
The arrogance of man to insist he alone has all knowledge and can explain everything with science.
great points!! but we don't know everything, keep an open mind.
Is there transcendental Evil?
I could care less about what he is skeptical about….what are the happenings that they cannot explain away…I heartily believe in ghosts and the paranormal and Mr. French did not dissuade me…but I enjoyed his talk nevertheless.
Why you gonna call?
You should visit Genuine Bhrigu shashtris in India.. Its called Naadi astrology… I am sure you will be amazed
8 and 27
Parapsychology works on faith. When you doubt or mind is present god becomes absent. Again mind filled with doubt will change the whole reality. Remember mind can never experience no mind (god energy).
For mind god is illusion and for god mind is a uncontrolled kid. Jesus loves you but not your doubts.
Everyone is a sceptic until they experience it for themselves. I found that out first hand. Once it happens you no longer feel the need to convince anyone one way or the other. I like this guy. I’d like to hear what he would have to say after spending 8 hours in 1537 N Finn Road Essexville MI 48732. That would make a very interesting lecture.
That's crazy. i guessed 7, missed at 17, chose the 9 of hearts. I forget the terminology, but in this line of research there is a name for someone who gets the wrong answer at a significantly high percentage…..Reverse ESP?
When a psychologist uses stats to give you a Math lecture.
I believe that every life is a mathematical sequence. Everyone has a path of numbers that they follow. Sometimes those numbers match at a point in time and space. Hence interactions between individuals take place.
I feel as if the same sequence dictates the outcome of an individual’s life. Nothing is coincidence, I believe it’s predestined under a very large equation.
I doubt you’ll believe this theory of mine, you love the idea of having freedom of choice.
Well Chris, you got it wrong. On literally everything. One day your eyes will open and you will see for the very first time. Albeit you will be dead. But at least you will finally see. And then you will say, 'Oh shit!! The lady was right!'. If you only knew before you died Chris. If you really only knew.
Did I miss something?
He didnt seem to cover telepathy at all.
There's an electrical engineering professor who has a hypothesis as to how telepathy may work.
In essence, the Earths magnetic field acts like a giant electromagnetic memory bank, and, as our thoughts are electromagnetic people who are ''tuned'' to it can send and/or receive other peoples thoughts.
Can anybody provide a summary please?!?
its funny cuz at first I said 3…then because I wanted to hear the instructions very well play it back and changed my number to 7 ? Even crazier the 2nd exercise I said 37 cuz thats my age and there was no way he was gonna say 37 too…and wow?
I know one thing after watching this, Chris French's career DEPENDS on their being no proof, doess he really want to find some? What if he did find some, that means his whole life has been wrong?
Yeah ghosts are real they are multidimensional beings that we can't see or capture in our dimension
When i chose a card it disappeard???
You must be under the sun. To douse. They are covered by the tent SMH!!!
The doctor was only trying to disprove any para-normal experience .
I thought he works as a doctor in the department for real para-normaal experiences.
I understand that.
But trying to indicate that all such experiences are the result of wrong perception or audio visual misunderstanding is unfair.
What about the real experiences that seems to indicate there is someting beyond our normal experiences?
I srsly tought of number 37,mind blown hahaha
I wonder if Chris has ever tackled Remote Viewing as used by the CIA. Seems a little more rigorous in approach than most "psychic" exercises.
I like the approach this guy takes: Common sense skepticism as opposed to closed minded debunking,
When you dream the future, the person, the background, the emotion, the colour of their shirt, the words, exactly… just a coincidence. Yeah right, keep telling yourself that because you don't have the mind to do it.
Not everyone can see ghost but it doesn't mean ghost doesn't exist. U can choose to ignore or deny the existence. But it doesn't change its presence of existence. Its always there. But its the matter of only u can touch the dimension 🙂
Wether you believe that Ouija boards are paranormal are not, you shouldn’t mess with them regardless.
My husband and I were skeptics and not religious and have doubts of a higher power. Just recently we went on our first "ghost hunting" adventure with a paranormal ghost hunting group. All I had was an EVP radio scanner and my cell phone. Watch when I ask if the spirit is looking for peace. The voice that whispered was not captured on the radio scanner but rather my phone (which I did not hear at the time until I reviewed it later), which I did NOT expect! My husband is still not convinced so we will go on more to find out more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BPHUH1TtqU&t=3s
I could not ghet passed the introduction. Paranormal my arse. Think of 10 but not 3 because it is too easy. Right…. 10-3 is 7. 37? easy too, 2 numbers up to 50, 5-2 is 3, you also remember the 3 from the previous example, thats your 30, and he mentioned 11 as an example, thats 1+2, because 2 will stay in your memory as the first thing beign said, thats 3 again, and automatically we deduct 10-3 again, not to mention that you wil lazily reuse the 7. And thats 37. What a load of shit. It is suggestive bs, not paranormal psychology.
I think there is water in the ground, under the sand filled bottles.
I would take this guy more seriously if he tried coming at the question from the other point of view. Simple finding a possible, not plausible, alternate explanation means nothing. We can always come up with possible explanations.
Quite a few symptoms of sleep paralysis match slow carbon monoxide poisoning. Just to be sure, speak to your gas supplier, or perhaps have your chimney checked.
I think sceptics must make the effort to present other evidence of 'pareidolia' – than the oft-shown bun and toast. Afterall, there is no dearth of it!
A ghost could sit on his lap and give him its phone number and he would still call it fake. Chris is wackier than his victims.
Anyone else See the Zeppelin-ness of the supposed satan lyrics? I'm guna use them in a song now, sung properly. its oddly poetic and nonsensical at the same time, just like the actual lyrics to Stairway
I got the first number 7 but was off by two on the second having a thirty five and not thirty seven XD.
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WAIT WHAT!!
Population indoctrination
Science can indeed be used to detect fraud, but how can anyone possibly think that one may use science, which are tools given over to the detection and experimentation of natural phenomena, to detect that which is supernatural? To even suggest so is asinine. At 7:30, oh, he's using Richard Dawkins as if he is an intelligent individual… Well, that explains everything then.