Talk:Parapsychology

Hypnosis

Hypnosis seems noticeably absent from the article. Considering it is the most scientifically accepted form of parapsychology it clearly deserves to be included — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.131.31 (talk) 10:45, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

"Tiny"

You can't say "tiny" in an academic article. It's meaningless. Either you say "small", and leave it ambiguous as to how far they are from a strong correlation, or you actually give a measure of the statistical deviation. "tiny" is not a term that you would ever see in a paper presenting statistics so nobody has a reference as to what it means in this context. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.102.1 (talk) 01:49, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

We will follow the source in their description. [1] in their book by Oxford University which is sufficient to prove your claim invalid. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:58, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Lead sentence

There may be better ways to word the opening sentence, but describing the subject as being "regarded by skeptics as a pseudoscience" is not one of them. Earlier versions of the article called it a "discipline", which might be preferable. --McGeddon (talk) 12:03, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I would say that in general the lead is not particularly informative, nor does it outline what is contained in the body of the article, as a lead should. Check out what the lead looked like on the day that it received featured article status:

Parapsychology is the study of paranormal events including extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, and survival of consciousness after death. Parapsychological research involves a variety of methods including laboratory research and fieldwork, which is conducted at privately funded laboratories and some universities around the world though there are fewer universities actively sponsoring parapsychological research today than in years past. Experiments conducted by parapsychologists have included the use of pseudorandom number generators to test for evidence of psychokinesis, sensory-deprivation Ganzfeld experiments to test for extrasensory perception, and research trials conducted under contract to the United States government to investigate the possibility of remote viewing. Though recognized as a legitimate scientific field by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, active parapsychologists have admitted difficulty in getting scientists to accept their research, and science educators and scientists have called the subject pseudoscience. Scientists such as Ray Hyman, Stanley Krippner, and James Alcock have criticized both the methods used and the results obtained in parapsychology. Skeptical researchers suggest that methodological flaws, rather than the anomalistic explanations offered by many parapsychologists, provide the best explanation for apparent experimental successes. To date, the scientific community has not accepted evidence of the existence of the paranormal.

It might be helpful to look at the past successes of this article in this case. --Annalisa Ventola _{(Talk | Contribs)} 14:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)