So the keen minds at the University of Manchester have devised a virtual environment for the sole purposed of discovering if humans have telepathic capability. Participants don a virtual headset much like this:
They then navigate into a completely virtual world environment where they are shown specific objects: phone, table, chair, etc... They are presented these objects and are asked to focus their mental energy (if they have such excess) on the object. Another voleenter equally geared up, is then asked to try and pick the chosen item.
It doesn't seem that impressive, and one wonders why they need to go through the trouble of doing this experiment in a virtual environment; besides spending gouvernment grant money. The logic is sound however: by eliminating any visual cues, the data cannot be compromised.
No idea if they came up with any interesting data, but I'm inclined to bet not....must be fun work however...
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