Re: [Phys-l] Parapsychology and AAAS

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

At 11:05 AM -0400 6/26/07, Faraday321@aol.com wrote:
> Does anyone know the story of how Parapsychology became recognized as 
> science by the AAAS?  Apparently this is still true. Does anyone 
> know if  there are
> any efforts underway to oppose the
> continued inclusion of Parapsychology in the AAAS?
It happened while Margaret Mead was Pres. of the AAAS. Apparently she 
had some experiences that convinced her that there was something of 
value in parapsychology and so she campaigned during her tenure to 
add a PS section. I don't think that the organization was very 
enthusiastic about it, but she had a lot of prestige and she was 
getting on in years, so I don't think they wanted to fight her over 
the issue.

Maybe others know what the PS section has done since its formation, 
but I have not seen any evidence that it has contributed anything of 
note to AAAS.

Hugh
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