Technology is trying to steal a page from the parapsychology playbook. No, this is not psychokinesis. Nor is it about UAPs (that’s UFOs for you old-timers) despite the talk about metamaterials. Here a team of Chinese scientists are using brainwaves to control metasurfaces, the two-dimensional counterpart of metamaterials, i.e. moving things with their minds. Closer to the parapsychology playbook is the story of Gef the Mongoose who appeared to communicate with a family living on the Isle of Man back in the 1930s. A notable academic who examined the claims during this period was Nandor Fodor, a parapsychologist who sought to explain paranormal events via the subconscious mind. And now the whole story is being made into a movie entitled Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, “a fun tale based on true events.” Read the “exclusive interview” with the director and staring actress in Adam Sigal and Ruth Connell Preview Nandor Fodor and The Talking Mongoose. (PH)
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