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Ray Hyman (born June 23, 1928) is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, and a noted critic of parapsychology. Hyman, along with James Randi , Martin Gardner and Paul Kurtz , is one of the founders of the modern skeptical movement .
Ray Hyman is a psychologist, amateur magician and leading critic of parapsychology. He has served appointments by government agencies to evaluate paranormal claims and testified as an expert witness in court proceedings. He is a co-founder of the Committee for the Scientific Inquiry (CSI).
Oct 18, 2012 · Ray Hyman: I did my first magic show for money at age 7. A few years later I read a biography about Houdini. In addition to his feats as an escape artist and his career as a magician, the biography highlighted his efforts at debunking spirit mediums and phony psychics.
Ray Hyman (born June 23, 1928) is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, and a noted critic of parapsychology. Hyman, along with James Randi, Martin Gardner and Paul Kurtz, is one of the founders of the modern skeptical movement.
Ray Hyman Over twenty years ago I taught a course at Harvard University called "Applications of Social Psychology. " The sort of applications that I cov-ered were the various ways in which people were manipulated. I invited various manipulators to demonstrate their techniques—pitchmen,
May 24, 2015 · An active skeptic since the 1950s, Ray Hyman has long warned against the danger of premature or speculative “explanation”—a danger which goes to the heart of the skeptical project. As he emphasized again in an email, I have always believed that many skeptics seriously err when they attack paranormal claims.
Ray Hyman is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon who has a long-standing professional interest in the psychology of belief systems.
