Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the SensesThis book critically examines theories of a transcendent reality in terms of all that is currently known about matter at its most fundamental level. Victor J. Stenger gives a provocative, often amusing history of psychic research and occult beliefs, offering a convincing rebuttal to those who attempt to link physics to mystical truths. Stenger examines a number of well-known paranormal claims and shows how they can be explained without resorting to supernatural or psychic hypotheses. Discussing quantum theory and relativity, he demonstrates that these concepts actually invalidate paranormal claims and that there is no scientific basis for a universe other than one composed of observable matter. |
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... concept thereby guarantees it scientific validity . But since energy is matter , it is limited by definition to the ... concepts . These are physical concepts , operationally defined in terms of matter , with no logical meaning beyond ...
... concept thereby guarantees it scientific validity . But since energy is matter , it is limited by definition to the ... concepts . These are physical concepts , operationally defined in terms of matter , with no logical meaning beyond ...
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... concept was that here , for the first time , the basic principle was not some invisible spiritual force , but everyday stuff that we can all see , touch , and taste . It was real , natural . The new idea was that behind sensible ...
... concept was that here , for the first time , the basic principle was not some invisible spiritual force , but everyday stuff that we can all see , touch , and taste . It was real , natural . The new idea was that behind sensible ...
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... concepts they describe are logical . One can form para- doxical sentences , such as " This sentence is wrong . " Not ... Concept of Mind , says the " dogma of the ghost in the machine . . . is entirely false , and false not in detail but ...
... concepts they describe are logical . One can form para- doxical sentences , such as " This sentence is wrong . " Not ... Concept of Mind , says the " dogma of the ghost in the machine . . . is entirely false , and false not in detail but ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Acknowledgments | 15 |
Supernova Shelton Supermind and the Supernatural | 17 |
Copyright | |
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