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    Real magicDean I. Radin

    Real magic

    Dean I. Radin · 2018

    Fantasy
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    3mentions
    2people
    2019–2022years
    67% recommend33% neutral

    Mentions per year

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    What Hacker News says

    1. stevenhuangJul 2022
      I suggest checking out Dean Radin's Real Magic. I'm in the middle of it now, and it seems persuasive in the affirmative.

      It tries to use the scientific method to objectively determine if "real" magic (supernatural, psi, etc) exists.

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    2. egypturnashNov 2019
      Here's a book chock full of the results of numerous studies and meta-analyses that backs it up. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35805860-real-magic

      Here's another book with the results of a few studies and first-hand accounts of the experience of how saying "so actually um there seems to be something going on here" is career poison because it's going against the currently-accepted dogma: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8025803-the-energy-cure

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    3. stevenhuangJul 2022
      I would agree.

      However I've just read Dean Radin's Real Magic and now I'm not so sure.

      It would seem, if the ANOVA studies referenced in the book are real, that there really is something unexplainable about mind over matter.

      It's crazy yes. But all the studies are referenced in the book, and it sounds persuasive.

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