“I’m not in this field to mystery-monger. I’m looking for answers to questions about people’s paranormal beliefs and experiences” (Image: Jo Hanley)
What drew you into parapsychology?
Some parapsychologists enter the field because they had a personal paranormal experience, but not me. I was curious to find out what might lie behind such experiences.
The term “parapsychology” can raise eyebrows. Do you encounter opposition to what you do?
There is occult baggage attached to the field, which is really not related to what we actually do. We are scientists. Sometimes other scientists describe parapsychology as a pseudoscience,…
