# Is Dean Radin a Respected Parapsychologist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230 "2008-03-21T16:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/1 "2008-03-21T16:06:37Z")
Given the state of parapsychology today (Duke Univ. and Princeton U. have given up on it); is Prof. Radin’s work accepted as being scientifically sound? He claims that he has proven communication between people , with no physical contatc (ESP0, and also found evidence of the human will upon other person’s state of health (Psycho-kinesis). One of his claims is that certain people can influence the movemnet of a machine (either Clairvoyance or psycho-kinesis). if true, this ought to be the stuff of a Nebel prize! So, what level of esteem is prof. radin held in? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/2 "2008-03-21T16:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] if true [/QUOTE] Well, that’s the critical question, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/3 "2008-03-21T16:19:56Z")
From wikipedia… > [@](#): > > Dean Radin (born February 29, 1952) is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He is Senior Scientist at the **Institute of Noetic Sciences** , in Petaluma, California, USA, The institute of Noetic Sciences is: > [@](#): > > The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell and industrialist Paul N. Temple[11] to encourage and conduct research and education programs on mind-body relationships for the purpose of expanding “human possibility by investigating aspects of reality—mind, consciousness, and spirit.”[1] Institute programs include research in what they call “extended human capacities,” “integral health and healing,” and “emerging worldviews”. This includes research into spiritual energy, meditation, consciousness, alternative healing, spirituality, human potential, psychic abilities and life after death, among others. So I think thats so I think thats a big NO. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/4 "2008-03-21T16:28:05Z")
He is well respected and oft cited…by those who believe as he does. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/5 "2008-03-21T16:53:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Respected Parapsychologist :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/6 "2008-03-21T17:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] :dubious: [/QUOTE] similar thoughts… “respected parapsychologist” appears to be an oxymoron. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/7 "2008-03-21T18:10:52Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] similar thoughts… “respected parapsychologist” appears to be an oxymoron. [/QUOTE] Thirded ( or more ). You can’t be a “respected parapsychologist”, until parapsychology wins respect as a valid scientific field - which it hasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/8 "2008-03-21T20:18:07Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Thirded ( or more ). You can’t be a “respected parapsychologist”, until parapsychology wins respect as a valid scientific field - which it hasn’t. [/QUOTE] Hey give it time. It’s only been looking for what, a couple hundred years, for one single solitary shred of evidence for the existence of the paranormal. They have to be close by now! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dean-radin-a-respected-parapsychologist/442230/9 "2008-03-22T03:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lobohan] Hey give it time. It’s only been looking for what, a couple hundred years, for one single solitary shred of evidence for the existence of the paranormal. They have to be close by now! [/QUOTE] In all fairness, they did document this incredible ESP Phenomenon in the movie [Ghostbusters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Rza0c6hIg).