Cambridge Academic Talks Up 'Telephone Telepathy'
If you've been thinking about someone, then they just happen to call you, it may not be your imagination. A controversial Cambridge researcher says he has proof of what he calls "telephone telepathy." He says people in his study knew who was calling them before they picked up the phone half the time. Other scientists are skeptical, saying the sample size was too small. Researcher Rupert Sheldrake is undeterred. His next study is on "text message telepathy."
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If you've been thinking about someone, then they just happen to call you, it may not be your imagination. A controversial Cambridge researcher says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy. He says people in his study knew who was calling them before they picked up the phone half the time. Other scientists are skeptical, saying the sample size was too small. Researcher Rupert Sheldrake is undeterred. His next study is on text message telepathy. This is MORNING EDITION.
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