At the more respectable end of this spectrum, the Society for Psychical Research was established in London in 1882, and it began investigating a range of paranormal phenomena, without much success. Its American counterpart was founded in 1885, and this sort of research has continued to the present day. The high point of scientific research into “psionics” came after the end of the Steam Age, in the 1930s; Victorian-style psychic powers have more of a traditional, mystical feel to
heyyy i used to read the ASPR journals
quinn you’re gonna activate the csicop blob 
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@icedquinn I knew you were going to say that! I disagreed, still do!
@icedquinn Has princeton ever done anything all that interesting? ;)
@icedquinn Yea I really spend more time reading up on Occultism than the paranormal, though there is a lot of overlap.
