Intuition
With David Suzuki -- from The Nature of Things series, CBC
This
fascinating program investigates the historical, cultural and modern scientific
approach to confirming the existence of our pre-cognitive abilities. Scientific
researchers are pushing the science of parapsychology forward and are
proving that a correlation exists between physical science and parapsychology.
How can one explain the powers some people have to foretell events? Some can pick horses, others predict accidents, or help the police find missing people. Einstein believed that intuition is just the projection of subconscious memories onto an unknowable future. Stanford University research scientist Russell Targ tries to reconcile psychic phenomena with modern physics. Parapsychologist Richard Brodden considers psychic ability to have evolved with human consciousness.
Others address healing practices such as therapeutic touch and distance healing. Astronaut Edgar Mitchell demonstrated a successful telepathy experiment from the moon with friends on earth. Parapsychology is being used in traditional contexts such as medicine and criminal justice, even as science is trying to understand its mysteries.
48 min. Video or DVD. Sale $295. Video Rental $65.
"may provide the starting point for a thought-provoking discussion on scientific method, cognition and the human need to understand the cosmos. Recommended." Linda Frederiksen, Washington State University for EMRO
