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Transcript: William James and a Search for Proof of the Afterlife
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- August 11, 2006
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JOE PALCA
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
08-11-2006
William James and a Search for Proof of the Afterlife
Host: JOE PALCA
Time: 15:00-16:00 PM
JOE PALCA, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION: Science Friday, from NPR News. Im Joe Palca. Ira Flatow is away.
There are places that people swear are haunted. There are folks on familiar terms with poltergeists, and some who have dreams and premonitions that they swear really do come true. Weve all heard of mediums and psychics, whose followers claim they have extraordinary powers. So whats going on? Are these tall tales, frauds, coincidences, hallucinations? Or are they evidence of phenomena that is merely unexplained?
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