paranormal phenomenon

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paranormal
adjective
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/ˌpær.əˈnɔː.məl/us
/ˌper.əˈnɔːr.məl/
impossible to explain by known natural forces or ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
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/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us
/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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She begins to hear unexplained noises, see disturbing visions, and experience other chilling paranormal phenomena.
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He wrote that psychical researchers are wrong for endorsing cases of paranormal phenomena; psychological factors can explain them.
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The early members of the society were skeptical of paranormal phenomena.
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Popular culture and folklore often make reference to paranormal phenomena subjects.
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Unlike paranormal phenomena, these hypothetical concepts are based on empirical observation and scientific method.
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There, he devoted himself to researchingparanormalphenomenon, publishing a string of books on the subject.
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Aparanormalphenomenonis different from hypothetical concepts such as dark matter and dark energy.
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This is where dreams, psychic cognition, human emotions, andparanormalphenomenontake place.
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The nightmares are aparanormalphenomenonwhich have the appearance of poltergeist activity.
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It ran from 1987 until 2002 and offered a 200,000 prize to any person who could prove anyparanormalphenomenon.
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The phenomenon is considered by some parapsychologists the best-documented and without doubt the most importantparanormalphenomenonin the 20th century.
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In addition, photographs have been taken which suggest aparanormalphenomenonof a melting mirror.
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For example, if an experiment on some unlikelyparanormalphenomenonproduced a p-rep of 0.75, most right-thinking people would not believe the probability of a replication is 0.75.
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First, it should be noted that counter-intuitive concepts are not to be identified with the concepts referring to supernatural or paranormal phenomena.
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Nor has it been shown that paranormal phenomena require action at a distance.
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It would, perhaps, be generous to allow that the question of the existence of paranormal phenomena remains open.
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It should be remembered that the so-called paranormal phenomena are also being investigated scientifically and it is possible that some of them will turn out to be real.
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He also believed that telepathy could explain some paranormal phenomena.
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He theorizes that most paranormal phenomena is a kind of artistic creation by this non-human intelligence.
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