The endeavor to study and quantify extrasensory perception (ESP), telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis under controlled conditions. Think remote viewing experiments for the CIA, Zener card tests, or random number generator influence studies. The field is plagued by the "shyness" of psychic phenomena—they often vanish under strict laboratory scrutiny. It's the science of maybe, where significant but small statistical anomalies are the holy grail, and fraud is the constant nemesis.
Example: "The lab for Psychic Sciences was full of Faraday cages, truly random number generators, and deeply skeptical researchers. Their biggest breakthrough was a subject who could consistently skew results by 0.001% above chance. The science was solid, but the effect was so tiny it was practically philosophical."
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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