September 13, 2011 Discussion – “Can We “Feel the Future”? Evidence, Arguments and Implications”
Consciousness, ESP/Telepathy September 7th, 2011We had our largest crowd to date on Tuesday September 13, 2011 for our discussion group topic, “Can We “Feel the Future?” Evidence, Arguments and Implications” – presented by Dr. Keith Lyle.
Dr. Lyle shared with us two experiments developed by a psychological scientist named Daryl Bem of Cornell University. Dr. Bem’s results were published in a remarkable paper claiming that people’s behavior in the present is partially determined by events that have not happened yet. In other words, people can allegedly “feel the future” by some unknown mechanism. Dr. Lyle discussed the evidence for the claim (including some from his own research), the arguments that have sprung up around it, and the implications if it is true.
Keith B. Lyle is Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. He earned his B.S. from Indiana University, his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University, and he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to his faculty duties at UofL, he occasionally consults on criminal cases involving eyewitness memory.
Thanks to Dr. Lyle for sharing this intriquing information with LES!
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September 14th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Dr. Lyle is one of those exceptional teachers who not only educates, but also engages our minds to consider and wonder! Science and Esoterism are often considered opposite ends of a spectrum. Science uses the scientific method, and accepts only that which can be replicated and validated by other scientists. Esoterism often relies on an inner knowing. Science and Esoterism both seek answers to the unknown and often the unknowable. When science and esoterism are combined some pretty remarkable results can be reached. My hope is that Dr. Lyle and other scientists like him continue their work to find other intersections between the two studies.