Psychology
Horowitz claims Bem precognition findings were validated by large meta-analysis
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The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
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"His research has been proven confirmatory in a metaanalysis involving 90 trials in 33 different nations in 14 different labs. We don't even have that kind of data for aspirin."
Horowitz defends controversial parapsychology research by Cornell psychologist Daryl Bem, including experiments on alleged precognition and what Horowitz calls “cognitive retrocausality.” He claims Bem’s results have been supported in a meta-analysis spanning “90 trials” in “14 different labs” across “33 different nations”, while also accusing Wikipedia and “activist editors” of misrepresenting parapsychology evidence.
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- The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
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