• Dean Radin and the Science of Magic

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    For three decades Dean Radin has spearheaded efforts to use the scientific method to test the validity of unusual events we classify as parapsychology or simply, magic.  These events, ranging from telepathy and psychokinesis to remote viewing, clairvoyance, precognitive dreams and other phenomena, are not supposed to occur under the theories of modern science. Mainstream science detects no particle or force between the mind and the outside world, and therefore has no place for parapsychology in its worldview.  But countless experiments show this phenomena is real and can be measured. This situation creates an unresolved tension within the scientific community.  At some point, as Thomas Kuhn observed in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,  when an existing scientific paradigm increasingly fails to explain worldly phenomena a breaking point is reached and a scientific revolution occurs. Are we nearing that point? 

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    In his newest book,  The Science of Magic: How the Mind Weaves the Fabric of Reality, Dean Radin, citing a wide-range of scientific and anecdotal evidence, builds a powerful case in favor of the reality of psi, while also responding to the multiple criticisms made against the validity of this phenomena.  Like any controversial topic, the reader (or listener) of Dean Radin’s book can judge for themselves where the stronger argument lies, but as the saying goes, facts are stubborn things. 

    Join Philip and Dean as they discuss the evidence in favor of parapsychology, the nature of the opposition, and whether the scientific community might slowly be moving toward a greater acceptance of the real magic we all — at some point in our lives — experience. 

Conversations Beyond Science and Religion with Philip Comella

Philip Comella is a lawyer, philosopher, and author of The Heaven at the End of Science: An Argument for a New Worldview of Hope. This book, which started as a college essay in 1974, is the culmination of thirty-five years of research on the big questions of existence. Blending philosophy, science, religion and the paranormal, the book argues that it is time to replace the materialistic model of modern science with a framework that better accounts for the full range of human experience. Mr. Comella is a frequent radio guest, writer, and speaker on the connection between science and religion. He lives with his wife and daughter in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

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Conversations Beyond Science and Religion

Hosted by Philip Comella

Beyond science and religion, there is more to the story of life and the cosmos.
We’ll tackle the big questions of why we are here and where the world may be heading. From quantum physicists and cosmologists to parapsychologists, theologians,  and original thinkers,  we’ll  push the boundaries of current theories and ideas.  Challenging common beliefs and perceptions, host Philip Comella talks with experts and authors to find a new way of looking at the world that goes beyond the current viewpoints of science and religion.