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Critics have written Schmidt's experiments in parapsychology have not been replicated.<ref>George K. Zollschan, John F. Schumaker. (1989). ''Exploring the Paranormal: Perspectives on Belief and Experience''. Unity Press. p. 175</ref> Schmidt worked alone with no one checking his experiments. He was accused of being a careless experimenter.<ref>[[Gordon Stein]]. (1996). ''The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal''. Prometheus Books. p. 609</ref> According to the physicist [[Victor J. Stenger|Victor Stenger]] "While Schmidt claims positive results, his experiments also lack adequate statistical significance and have not been successfully replicated in the thirty-five years since his first experiments were reported."<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/can_prayer_change_the_past/ Can Prayer Change the Past? by Victor Stenger]</ref> |
Critics have written Schmidt's experiments in parapsychology have not been replicated.<ref>George K. Zollschan, John F. Schumaker. (1989). ''Exploring the Paranormal: Perspectives on Belief and Experience''. Unity Press. p. 175</ref> Schmidt worked alone with no one checking his experiments. He was accused of being a careless experimenter.<ref>[[Gordon Stein]]. (1996). ''The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal''. Prometheus Books. p. 609</ref> According to the physicist [[Victor J. Stenger|Victor Stenger]] "While Schmidt claims positive results, his experiments also lack adequate statistical significance and have not been successfully replicated in the thirty-five years since his first experiments were reported."<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/can_prayer_change_the_past/ Can Prayer Change the Past? by Victor Stenger]</ref> |
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The psychologist [[James Aclock]] wrote that he found "serious methodological errors" throughout Schmidt's work which rendered his conclusions of psychokinesis untenable.<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/back_from_the_future Back from the Future: Parapsychology and the Bem Affair by James Alcock]</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:40, 26 January 2014
Helmut Schmidt (February 21, 1928 - August 18, 2011) was a German-born parapsychologist.
Biography
In the early 1970s he pioneered research into the effects of human consciousness on machines called random number generators or random event generators[1] at the Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology. He was appointed Research Director of the Institute in 1969.[2]
Schmidt's early psychokinesis experiments involved machines with one red and one green light. Subjects would attempt to make one light illuminate more than another. Schmidt has reported success rates of 1–2% above what would be expected at random over a large number of trials.[3]
Reception
Critics have written Schmidt's experiments in parapsychology have not been replicated.[4] Schmidt worked alone with no one checking his experiments. He was accused of being a careless experimenter.[5] According to the physicist Victor Stenger "While Schmidt claims positive results, his experiments also lack adequate statistical significance and have not been successfully replicated in the thirty-five years since his first experiments were reported."[6]
The psychologist James Aclock wrote that he found "serious methodological errors" throughout Schmidt's work which rendered his conclusions of psychokinesis untenable.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Daniel Druckman; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance (6 April 1988). Enhancing human performance: issues, theories, and techniques. National Academies Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-309-03787-7. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ John Beloff (15 June 1997). Parapsychology: A Concise History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-312-17376-0. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Jim B. Tucker. (2006). Life Before Life. St. Martin's Press. p. 191
- ^ George K. Zollschan, John F. Schumaker. (1989). Exploring the Paranormal: Perspectives on Belief and Experience. Unity Press. p. 175
- ^ Gordon Stein. (1996). The Encyclopedia of the Paranormal. Prometheus Books. p. 609
- ^ Can Prayer Change the Past? by Victor Stenger
- ^ Back from the Future: Parapsychology and the Bem Affair by James Alcock
References
- The RetroPsychoKinesis Project
- James Randi (1982). Flim-Flam!. Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-198-3
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