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The Philip experiment was a 1972 parapsychology experiment conducted in Toronto, Ontario to determine whether subjects can communicate with fictionalized ghosts through expectations of human will.
In 1973, a group of eight members of the Toronto Society for Psychical Research (TSPR) in Toronto, Canada, decided to address by experiment certain questions that arise with regard to psychokinetic phenomena that occur during mediumship sittings, such as rapping noises and table levitations.
Mar 20, 2012 · They began their experiment, in September 1972, by creating a fictional character. They named him Philip Aylesford. As though he were an actual person, they gave him a history, likes and dislikes, and a tragic end leading to his own suicide. They even drew a picture of Philip’s appearance.
Dec 31, 2014 · Description: Forty years later, the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) remains among the most notable—and notorious—research projects ever carried out. For six days, half the study's participants endured cruel and dehumanizing abuse at the hands of their peers.
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Mar 1, 2024 · Philip, The Imaginary Ghost. CBC 1974. Philip Experiment Documentary"The Philip experiment drew the attention of TV stations and other media. The Canadian B...
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Apr 19, 2020 · A rare, and as far as we know delisted, documentary from 'Extra Special People', 1974, discussing the Toronto based Philip Experiment. This file is digitised...
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Apr 23, 2014 · Video of the Philip Experiment from the early 1970s.
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