The ESP Enigma: The Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena
Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D.. Walker, $25 (279pp) ISBN 978-0-8027-1606-4
In science it is axiomatic that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Powell, a neuropsychiatrist who has taught at Harvard Medical School, certainly makes extraordinary claims about “the four basic psychic abilities”: telepathy, psychokinesis, clairvoyance and precognition. But her evidence is consistently below par. She relies on self-reported claims by psychics, hundred-year-old newspaper accounts and the results of studies published by organizations like the
Reviewed on: 10/06/2008
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 279 pages - 978-0-8027-1028-4