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CIA investigated pseudoscientific phenomena like psychic abilities

The CIA has a history of investigating unconventional and pseudoscientific phenomena, including subliminal advertising, psychic abilities, and theories of consciousness. Reports indicate the agency found some of these areas, such as dowsing and Uri Geller's purported psychic abilities, to be potentially useful for intelligence gathering. The author speculates on the reasons behind these investigations, suggesting a combination of genuine belief, the search for an edge, and potentially flawed experimental design by researchers on the fringes of science. AI

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · volpe ·

    The CIA believes everything

    <p><span>The Wikipedia page on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary"><span>James Vicary</span></a><span> (The "inventor" of Subliminal advertising) mentions that the CIA investigated subliminal advertising and found it to be </span><i><span>somewhat</span></…