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Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses
 
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Physics and Psychics: The Search for a World Beyond the Senses (Hardcover)

by Victor J. Stenger (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 323 pages
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books (19 May 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 087975575X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0879755751
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.9 x 2.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"A convincing rebuttal to those who attempt to link physics to mystical truths." -- SciTech Book News

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The astonishing discoveries made by modern physics - imploding black holes, ghost-like quarks, and the odd rules governing quantum mechanics - have transformed our image of the physical world. A growing number of writers assert that such discoveries also demonstrate the existence of a non-physical, spiritual world, a world that permits a wide variety of paranormal and psychic phenomena. What exactly has physics shown us? Is there a world that transcends the sphere of the senses? Millions throughout history have thought so, but the existence of such a world is still accepted on faith alone. The tools of science have revealed no proof of spirits, ghosts, or supernatural phenomena. This 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. The human species has always lived under the assumption that supernatural forces determine destiny. Can our lives retain meaning when this assumption seems unfounded?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Informative but Unconvincing, 11 Feb 1998
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This book is good in that it identifies problems in understanding the paranormal in terms related to physics, especially relativity and quantum physics. The author indicates that the new world of quantum mechanics and relativity makes it improbable that the paranormal is real, even more so than the world of Newtonian physics. I personally do not agree with that conclusion. Quantum mechanics and relativity have demonstrated that the real world may be different than commonly assumed, however the author has suddenly concluded that all paranormal phenomena is fraud, delusion, you name it, anything but a possibility that it is true, and thus is making the same mistake as those who were so convinced that Newtonian mechanics was the final world that they refused to consider anything else. In my opinion I am very skeptical that all paranormal phenomena is fraudulent, resulting from wishful thinking, delusion, etc. There is just a bigger world out there than we have imagined and which remains to be explained.
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