Generally, ‘paranormal’ is concerned with that which exists above and/or beyond the ability of science to explain it. Unlike the ‘crypto’ studies, which seek scientific proof for ‘supernatural’ subjects, the paranormal adherent largely accepts that science itself is lacking in the ability to provide an explanation.
Not that this has stopped any number of scientific-minded folks from seeking proof. In fact, the term itself was coined between the late 19th and mid 20th Centuries, during which any number of scientific experiments were conducted to discover what, if anything, could cross the threshold from supernatural to scientific.
During this time, a number of new age fads and pseudo-scientific theories have come and gone. For as long as there have been tools and techniques to ‘see’ beyond the limits of normal experience, there has been a surge in efforts and hopes that some previously unexplained segment of human experience would come to light. Basic instruments like the microscope and telescope indeed vastly broadened our horizons, leading to countless discoveries and additions to the breadth of our knowledge. Kirlian photography and EMF seemed to promise the same sort of quantum shift, but failed to lead to any substantial evidence.
True, the topics of paranormal study have had no scientific breakthroughs, and most programs dealing with parapsychology have left academia and ‘serious’ research. At this sad juncture, the field of paranormal investigation is largely in the hands of reality television shows featuring people who overact in real life, and who pretty much seem like they wouldn’t be able to investigate gravity or plate tectonics — let along a field as delicate and elusive as paranormal activity.
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