Case file · Remote viewing & psi research
Ray Hyman
University of Oregon psychologist (b. 1928), a founder of the modern sceptical movement and leading critic of parapsychology.
1995 CE · 44.04, -123.07 · status: explained
The account
With James Randi, Martin Gardner and Paul Kurtz, Hyman helped build organised scepticism; he founded the Skeptic's Toolbox and serves on the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry's executive council. He was one of the two reviewers of the government's remote-viewing research in 1995, alongside statistician Jessica Utts.
The sceptical view
Parapsychologists argue that his critiques set a moving goalpost for evidence.
Connections in the atlas
- "A Joint Communiqué" on the ganzfeld
- The 1995 AIR evaluation (Utts vs Hyman)
- Dean Radin
- Ganzfeld telepathy experiments
- Stargate (final phase)