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This page gives summary results of 164 replies to my Paranormal Questionnaire to Dec 24th, 1997.
Do you believe that the Universe consists of more than physical matter and energy?
| Yes | 87% |
| No | 12% |
Does man (within the limits of external circumstances) possess free will - i.e.
the ability to determine his own destiny?
| Yes | 83% |
| No | 16% |
Telepathy (direct mind-to mind communication)
| Definitely believe | 44% |
| Strong probability | 30% |
| Some possibility | 20% |
| Do not believe | 5% |
Clairvoyance (knowledge of events distant in space/time by "non-physical"
means)
| Definitely believe | 46% |
| Strong probability | 29% |
| Some possibility | 18% |
| Do not believe | 6% |
Precognition (knowledge of future events by "non-physical" means)
| Definitely believe | 52% |
| Strong probability | 30% |
| Some possibility | 15% |
| Do not believe | 3% |
Psychokinesis (mind having a direct and measurable influence upon physical matter)
| Definitely believe | 29% |
| Strong probability | 33% |
| Some possibility | 30% |
| Do not believe | 8% |
Continued existence of individual consciousness after physical death
| Definitely believe | 56% |
| Strong probability | 20% |
| Some possibility | 15% |
| Do not believe | 8% |
Communication between living persons and spirits of the dead
| Definitely believe | 36% |
| Strong probability | 26% |
| Some possibility | 21% |
| Do not believe | 16% |
Reincarnation (a single spirit having many earthly incarnations)
| Definitely believe | 24% |
| Strong probability | 23% |
| Some possibility | 29% |
| Do not believe | 23% |
I was unsurprised to find a generally positive attitude toward the paranormal
simply because committed non-believers are less likely to be viewing a paranormal
web-site in the first place, however it was interesting to discover attitudes
toward different facets of the field. Precognition, survival and clairvoyance
are the most widely accepted phenomena; whereas reincarnation, communication
(with the dead) and pk arouse most scepticism.
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