Psychokinesis

Psychokinesis (from the Greek words psyche meaning "mind", and kinesis meaning "movement") is a term coined by publisher Henry Holt to refer to the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy. It has been the subject of research in parapsychology and is considered a pseudoscience.

History

The term "psychokinesis" was coined in 1914 by American author-publisher Henry Holt in his book On the Cosmic Relations. The term was later adopted by J. B. Rhine in the 1930s to denote experiments that were conducted to determine if a person could influence the outcome of falling dice.

Research and criticism

The majority of scientific community considers psychokinesis to be the result of fraud and statistical aberration, citing a lack of positive experimental replication and the absence of an identified mechanism by which the phenomenon could occur.

In popular culture

Psychokinesis has a long history in popular culture and science fiction, with many superheroes and villains in comic books, movies, video games, and novels possessing psychokinetic abilities.

See also

• Telekinesis
• Parapsychology
• Henry Holt
• J. B. Rhine

External links

• Britannica: Psychokinesis

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