| Psychokinesis is the psychic ability to move objects | | | | where a team of professional gamblers was pitted |
| through an exercise of the human mind, either | | | | against a team of divinity students in a statistically |
| consciously or unconsciously. The word, Psychokinesis, | | | | tabulated dice-rolling contest. The result was a toss-up |
| literally means soul movement (psyche- soul; kinesis- | | | | between the two sides but an over-powering |
| movement). | | | | collective result that meant that some unusual force |
| Some of the earliest hard-core scientific research | | | | was acting on behalf of both the gamblers and the |
| revolving around Psychokinesis began at Duke | | | | divinity students. |
| University with the famed researcher, J. B. Rhine, who | | | | Much has often been made of poltergeist phenomena, |
| developed some of the first statistical protocols for | | | | which involves the rapid transportation of objects |
| analyzing ESP phenomena. His interest in | | | | during episodes often associated with a spirit. Many |
| Psychokinesis began when he began to study the | | | | modern parapsychologists, influenced by research |
| success of a gambler, whose talent appeared to be | | | | done by the Rhine Research Center. which continued |
| statistically successful rolls of the dice. Could PK be an | | | | the work of JB. Rhine in the area Psychokinesis, |
| influence in determining who was successful in | | | | believe that the poltergeist phenomena and its |
| gambling and who was not? | | | | concomitant Psychokinesis, classically associated with |
| Rhine spent ten years before publishing his works on | | | | rock-throwing spirits, is caused typically by presence of |
| Psychokinesis because, of all the various things he | | | | troubled adolescents, attributing the poltergeist |
| studied, such as telepathy and precognition, he felt that | | | | phenomena to a human element, a young person with |
| Psychokinesis might be the most controversial. | | | | a disruptive emotional or mental state that can trigger |
| Besides, there were some problems when, after many | | | | events that actually cause Psychokinesis. |
| experiments with hand-tossed dice, it became possible | | | | Two relatively modern examples of people claimed to |
| that the tiny embedded markings, appearing as black | | | | have Psychokinesis in their paranormal arsenal are the |
| dots on the dice, could affect the 'heaviness' of the | | | | Israeli psychic, Uri Geller and the Russian housewife, |
| respective sides. Thus, perhaps the dice were loaded | | | | Nina Kulagina. |
| naturally by virtue of their manufacture and the | | | | Geller was known primarily for his facility in |
| Psychokinesis effects was imaginary. To compensate | | | | Psychokinesis in bending spoons, although he did a lot |
| for this possible natural effect, Rhine creating a | | | | of work with Psychokinesis in repairing clocks. His |
| dice-rolling machine which seemed to diminish the | | | | Psychokinesis was regularly challenged by the |
| power of the original Psychokinesis data. | | | | magician/skeptic James Randi, who claimed that his |
| One interesting experiment Rhine conducted was | | | | spoon-bending Psychokinesis was so much trickery. |