A podcast promoting claims that nonverbal autistic children can read minds briefly knocked Joe Rogan off the top of the charts this month, leading the Science Weekly team to wonder how the Has science attempted to prove or disprove the existence of mind reading? To find out, Ian Sample speaks to Chris French, Emeritus Professor of Parapsychology at Goldsmiths University. They explain how scientists tested this phenomenon, what might be behind some people’s apparent ability to read minds, and why the idea is still so popular.
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