Skeptoid #44: The Truth About Remote Viewing

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2007

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The psychic technique of remote viewing is consistent with simple, well known magic tricks.

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0:00.0	If the CIA is said to have looked into something once, does that prove that it must be a real
0:08.7	phenomenon?
0:10.2	That's what some say about remote viewing, where psychics claim to divine information
0:15.6	about distant locations from the safety of a room stateside.
0:20.0	Today, we're going to look into the Stargate Project and see just how different the truth
0:25.7	about it is, from the way the story is usually told.
0:30.4	Remote viewing is coming right up, unskeptoid.
0:33.4	Hey everyone, Brian here.
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1:01.3	Please visit survey.prx.org slash skeptoid to take the survey today.
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1:16.3	Thanks.
1:22.8	I'm Brian Dunning from skeptoid.com.
1:26.9	The truth about remote viewing.
1:30.4	Today we're going to sit in a quiet room and draw sketchy pictures of, well, of anything
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