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Volume 15: Number 2: Article 1
The Scole Investigation: A Study in Critical Analysis of Paranormal Physical Phenomena
Montague Keen, School Barn Farm, Pentlow, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 7JN,
United Kingdom
A number of experienced psychical researchers investigated the activities
of a mediumistic group in Scole (Norfolk, United Kingdom), that claimed
to produce under spiritual guidance a wide range of physical phenomena.
During a two-year-long study, lights, tape recordings and films bearing
images, glyphs, poems, symbols and messages in several languages were
produced. The investigators could find no evidence of deception or human
interference. A lengthy report, published as refereed proceedings of
the Society for Psychical Research, generated a controversy centring
on the nature of acceptable scientific evidence. This is examined in
the context of Bayesian and Humian criteria, and the author discusses
popular fallacies in the treatment of unpalatable evidence.
Keywords: Scole, mediumship, psychic, physical phenomena, apports,
thoughtography, miracles
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