sts were skeptical of Radin’s findings. Some Psychologists thought his theory to be impossible, while others questioned him methods. In the end many of those who were in fact skeptical, suddenly found themselves curious as well. The proof had seemed to be irrefutable when many others had reproduced his experiments with the same results. It seemed as though many had become believers in Radin’s experiments.Radin goes on to explain the results the discovery of a sixth sense would have on society if all psychologists agreed on this theory. Would there be no change because, even though it may exist, it is only a week sense? Or… could it revolutionize things? For example: an early warning system for aircrafts.Although Radin’s experiments seem to be legitimate, author Ray Hayman, PhD writes about his concerns and errors in Radin’s experiments. One example of this is when Radin claimed that people in presentiment experiments unconsciously anticipated emotional pictures based on his observation of changes in their skin resistance. According to Hayman, this violates some basic principles of cause and effect in science that can cause some extremely different results.Hayman goes on to explain an error within Radin’s measuring. Without changing the method in which measuring is done, you will get uniform results when performing the same experiment over and over. However, if you were to actually change the method in which you measure, one may find a result exact opposite of the previous.These are just some of many examples of Hayman’s discredit to Rodin’s experiments in this article. However, Hayman does admit that Rodin’s theory could be “pave the way” for intuitive powers if future parapsychologists take a different approach to these studies and find a way to develop intuitive powers.III.Critique of the ArticleWhen I first began reading this article, I was convinced that there was a s...
