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Telephone Telepathy
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THE TELEPHONE TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT
Most people have had the experience of thinking of someone who then rings. Is this just a matter of chance coincidence, or is it sometimes telepathic?
Rupert Sheldrake carried out a series of experiments to investigate this phenomenon in which he obtained statistically very significant results. Details of these experiments and further information can be found on his website, www.sheldrake.org.
The present experiment has been set up to see if these effects can be replicated. This time, the experiment is being jointly overseen by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and Prof. Chris French, who describes himself as an “open-minded sceptic”. The tests themselves will mainly by carried out by two students from Goldsmiths College, part of the University of London. *
We are looking for volunteers in the London area to act as participants in this experiment who feel that they are quite often telepathic in relation to phone calls. Each volunteer is asked to find four people who this might happen with, who are family members or close friends. We had very good experience with family members in the past, so families are especially welcome! The test itself should take less than an hour and a half. During this period, the volunteer will be in one building, being filmed on videotape, and the four callers will be in another building. They will be selected at random by the throw of a dice for a series of ten trials. The person who is selected to make the call will also be filmed on video while calling the participant.
These videos are for research purposes only, and will not be shown in public unless those involved give their permission. All those who take part will remain anonymous in any publications or reports about this work. We have limited funding for this project but are offering a payment of £50 total to each group of people who take part, that is to say the volunteer and his/her four callers. We can also cover bus or underground fares if necessary, but are not able to provide travel costs from outside London.
After completing the test, the participant will be asked to fill in a short questionnaire.
The experiment should be fun to do, and we hope that you and your friends will be able to take part!
Rupert Sheldrake Director, Perrott-Warrick Project, Trinity College Cambridge
Chris French Professor of Anomalistic Psychology, Goldsmiths College
* if you are interested in further information or consider taking part, please contact Anna: