When I was young, I was fascinated by individuals on television who appeared to have paranormal abilities to bend spoons, read minds and generally baffle their audiences with supernatural demonstrations. I wanted to believe that they were tapping into the power of the brain, so I studied psychology at university in the hope that I could unleash similar paranormal skills within me.
Alas, I was soon disappointed to discover that there were no reliable paranormal phenomena to study. Time and time again, attempts to prove their existence have failed. Psychokinesis, telepathy, premonition and all manner of ‘psychic’ powers were nonsense. Many who claimed paranormal abilities were charlatans or simply deluded, but none could reproduce them under controlled experimental conditions.
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