The unbearable fear of psi: On scientific censorship in the 21st century.
Cardeña, Etzel LU
(2015)
In Journal of Scientific Exploration
29(4).
p.601-620
- Abstract
- This paper describes various examples of blatant attempts to
suppress and censor parapsychology research and those who are doing it.
The examples include raising false accusations, barring access to journals,
suppressing papers and data, and ostracizing and persecuting scientists interested
in the topic. The intensity of fear and vituperation caused by parapsychology
research is disproportionate even to the possibility that the psi
hypothesis could be completely wrong, so I speculate on the psychological
reasons that may give rise to it. There are very few circumstances in which
censorship might be appropriate, and the actions by parapsychology censors
put... (More) - This paper describes various examples of blatant attempts to
suppress and censor parapsychology research and those who are doing it.
The examples include raising false accusations, barring access to journals,
suppressing papers and data, and ostracizing and persecuting scientists interested
in the topic. The intensity of fear and vituperation caused by parapsychology
research is disproportionate even to the possibility that the psi
hypothesis could be completely wrong, so I speculate on the psychological
reasons that may give rise to it. There are very few circumstances in which
censorship might be appropriate, and the actions by parapsychology censors
put them at odds not only with the history of science but with the history
of modern liberal societies. Appendix 1 is an Editorial censored by the
then-editors of the Journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. (Less)
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- Cardeña, Etzel
LU
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- science, censorship, suppression, parapsychology
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- Journal of Scientific Exploration
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- 29
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 601 - 620
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- Society for Scientific Exploration
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- scopus:84989196945
- ISSN
- 0892-3310
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- English
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suppress and censor parapsychology research and those who are doing it.<br/><br>
The examples include raising false accusations, barring access to journals,<br/><br>
suppressing papers and data, and ostracizing and persecuting scientists interested<br/><br>
in the topic. The intensity of fear and vituperation caused by parapsychology<br/><br>
research is disproportionate even to the possibility that the psi<br/><br>
hypothesis could be completely wrong, so I speculate on the psychological<br/><br>
reasons that may give rise to it. There are very few circumstances in which<br/><br>
censorship might be appropriate, and the actions by parapsychology censors<br/><br>
put them at odds not only with the history of science but with the history<br/><br>
of modern liberal societies. Appendix 1 is an Editorial censored by the<br/><br>
then-editors of the Journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.}},
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