ESP is an acronym meaning “extra-sensory perception”. In 1892, a Frenchman named Dr. Paul Joire used the term to describe the way in which a person under hypnosis was able to receive information about something – apparently without using any of their known senses. ESP can also refer to the phenomenon of people communicating without any apparent vehicle. But what is it? There have been a large number of attempts (by an even larger number of stupid people) to explain what exactly happens when people report ESP events. . Here are some of these attempts: *Invisible Brain Waves - Thought processes in one person's mind propagate outward and affect another person's brain function, resulting in the transfer of information.* Universal Consciousness – There is a field of consciousness that everyone is connected to. Information can be transferred using this field.*Pee Wee Herman - A skinny, boring white man manipulates space-time in order to exchange information between people while chanting "Connect the dots, la la la la". Experiments to Test the Existence of ESPIn In 1882, the Society for Psychical Research was founded in London and was apparently the first institution to specifically study events called "psychic" or otherwise. Many Cambridge personalities founded this company. Their wives left them shortly after. Today, there are many such institutions, including many in the United States. Here are some experiments that have been claimed (by their practitioners) to prove the existence of a psychic phenomenon: The Rhine Experiment: First conducted at Duke University in 1930, the Rhine Experiment (named of Dr. JB Rhine) involves a subject...... middle of paper ...... your checkbook to send the $19.99 (plus shipping and handling of course), ask yourself the following questions: 1. Who is this guy? Where does it come from? Who finances his laboratory? What are his references? Has he ever been arrested?2. What does he believe? Scientists are just people and may not be completely objective. In the field of parapsychology, objectivity is a handicap.3. How did he prove what he claims to have proven? Experimental controls? Double blind? Was he high when he did the statistical analysis?4. What do other scientists think of the experiment? Criticisms of the study? Where are reproducible results from independent laboratories?5. Is reading this book supposed to make me rich, reverse the aging process, or increase the size of my genitals? If the answer is “yes”, it is clear that this statement is fraudulent..