In the Skeptical Inquirer, among other places! And if you search on 'quantum' and 'precognition' you will get some hits.
On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Lilienfeld, Scott O wrote: > I believe that physicist Victor Stenger of UC-Boulder has written about such > issues. See: > > http://www.amazon.com/Unconscious-Quantum-Victor-J-Stenger/dp/1573920223 > > ...Scott > From: Jeffry Ricker [[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 12:56 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] The Psi-chology of Darryl Bem > > > > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > contemporary physics (quantum theory -> string theory) seems to be in an > 'anything is possible' mode, so I'm not sure that a working physicist would > make an a priori judgement on precognition. > > I tried to see if an actual working physicist had written something showing > that quantum field theory was agnostic with respect to psi phenomena. When I > entered the following keywords "quantum physics psi" into Google, I hit an > unexpected roadblock--psi is a term used in quantum mechanics: > "The wavefunction which describes the state of a particle is often denoted by > the letter Y (spelled 'psi' and pronounced 'sigh'). It is a complex function > which is defined everywhere in space..." (Felder & Felder, 2003; > http://snipurl.com/23ve8x2). > > Anyways, I recall reading critiques written by physicists showing why quantum > field theory cannot be used to explain at least some of the specific claims > that have been made about psi. I also wonder if there are any physicists > prepared to claim that quantum field theory contravenes the laws of > thermodynamics. If not, then I'm not certain that "spooky action at a > distance" or other quantum phenomena are relevant. > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Lilienfeld, Scott O <[email protected]> wrote: > Daryl Bem was my undergraduate advisor at Cornell from 1978 to 1982. He .... > spoke quite favorably about the possibiilty of paranormal phenomena in his > courses.... The article's implication that data "changed his mind" following > many years of skepticsm of psi strikes me as exceedingly dubious. > > That's why I posted the link to the article. When the JPSP article was first > published, I read in several places that he had been studying paranormal > phenomena for years. It sounded to me a bit like the claims made by Freud's > followers that he had to be 'pulled kicking and screaming' to the conclusions > that led to the development of the psychoanalytic approach. > > Best, > Jeff > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. > SCC: Professor of Psychology > MCCCD: General Studies Faculty Representative > PSY 101 Website: http://sccpsy101.wordpress.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Scottsdale Community College > 9000 E. Chaparral Road > Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 > Office: SB-123 > Phone: (480) 423-6213 > Fax: (480) 423-6298 > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9b2f&n=T&l=tips&o=18288 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-18288-13509.d0999cebc8f4ed4eb54d5317367e9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this message in error, please contact > the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > original message (including attachments). > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a64900b&n=T&l=tips&o=18290 > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-18290-13438.3b5166ef147b143fedd04b1c4a649...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18291 or send a blank email to leave-18291-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
