ESP is an acronym meaning "extrasensory perception". In 1892, a Frenchman named Dr. Paul Joire used the term to describe the way in which a person under hypnosis was able to receive information about something, apparently without using any of his known senses. ESP can also refer to the phenomenon whereby people communicate without any apparent vehicle. But what is it? There have been countless attempts (made by even more stupid people) to articulate what exactly happens when people report ESP events. Here are some of these attempts:*Invisible brainwaves - Thought processes in one person's mind ripple outward and influence another person's brain function, resulting in information transfer.*Universal consciousness - There is a field of conscience to which everyone is linked. Information can be transferred using this field.*Pee Wee Herman - A skinny, annoying white man manipulates space-time to exchange information between people while singing "Connect the dots, la la la la." Experiments to test the existence of ESPIn In 1882, the Society for Psychical Research was founded in London, and was apparently the first institution to specifically study events that had been called "psychic" or otherwise. Many famous people from Cambridge founded this society. Their wives left them shortly thereafter. Today there are many of these types of institutions, including numerous in the United States. Here are some experiments that have been believed (by their practitioners) to demonstrate the existence of psychic phenomena: The Rhine Experiment: First conducted at Duke University in 1930, the Rhine Experiment (named after Dr. J.B. Rhine ) involves a subject… half of the card… your checkbook to send $19.99 (plus shipping, of course), ask yourself the following questions: 1. Who is this guy? Where does it come from? Who finances your laboratory? What are his credentials? Have you ever been arrested?2. What do you believe in? Scientists are simply people and may not be entirely objective. In the field of parapsychology, objectivity is a responsibility.3. How did he prove what he says he proved? Experimental controls? Double blind? Was it high when you did the statistical analysis?4. What do other scientists think of the experiment? Criticisms of the study? Where are the results reproducible by independent laboratories?5. Should reading this book make me rich, reverse the aging process, or increase the size of my genitals? If the answer is “yes,” clearly the claim is fraudulent.