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Introduction
Extrasensory perception (ESP) is the alleged ability to obtain information by paranormal means, independent of any known physical senses or deduction from previous experiences.
Many of Us have come across situations such As when and Where we get the intuition, A gut instinct as some like to call it about what will happen in the immediate future.
Technically what we obtain as a “vision of the future”
Is called, The Phenomenal Ability of extra-sensory perception (Hereby Referred to as ESP.)
We Use our five senses namely, Sense of Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight (Vision), Hearing (Auditory) Senses.
However in ESP We do not use any of our five senses mentioned above
ESP is also known as the “sixth sense”, Literally meaning Awareness Experienced outside the five physical senses.
ESP gives us information that are normally not conveyed by our five physical senses.
Experiments Conducted In This Field
Usually Zener Cards are used to conduct these experiments. These Cards are similar in physical structure and have different symbols on them like a star, a cross, Curvy lines, A circle, a square, etc.
Experiments are carried out in this subject exhaustively, Though they are confined to these four areas, namely
1) Telepathy
2) Clairvoyance
3) Precognition
4) Psychokinesis
Telepathy Experiments
In such experiments, A person tries to read the mind of the one conducting the experiment, By guessing the nature of the Zener cards the person is holding
It involves the sending of thoughts, Knowledge or other similar characteristics, without any apparent medium
It is often called transference
Clairvoyance Experiments
In such situations, a person is mentally aware of an object that is visually unreachable.
Eg. an event or a person
In the exp. A person tries to identify the Zener cards, through various methods without visual help(or without seeing them)
When the number of correct guesses is higher than the average person achieves, that person has ESP.
Precognition Experiments
The Experiments conducted with help of the Telepathy or Clairvoyance abilities to correctly predict the sequence of events before they actually occur.
Eg. Guessing the values obtained in the sequence when a die is thrown
Psychokineisis Experiments.
In such experiments a person tries to control an external physical object by concentrating on it,
Eg. A person may toss a coin and concentrate to cause “heads” to appear
The Current Status of ESP and Parapsychological Research
Among scientists in the National Academy of Sciences, 96% described themselves as "skeptical" of ESP, although 2% believed in ESP and 10% felt that parapsychological research should be encouraged.
There are immense Possibilities in this Field, If it can be harnessed successfully. |
