Hi
Just some more infor about the seance event.
I have presented in several times before - in both Science Week and at the
International Festival of Science in Edinburgh.
We first give a talk about the history of the Victorian seance - presenting
a wide range of beliefs about what was going on, including trickery,
misperception and the possibility of genuine paranormal phenomena. Then we
move people into an adjoining room and have them take part in a
reconstruction of a Victorian darkroom seance in which some luminous objects
moved around.
On Sunday it certainly provoked a great deal of discussion about the ability
of scienists to investigate this type of thing, the effect of our beliefs on
what we experience and how we interpret our experiences, etc.
It is designed to use a theatrical framing to get away from the traditional
'lecture format'.
best
richard wiseman
>
> Just wondered if anyone on the list went to the reconstruction of a
> Victorian seance event at the Science museum on Sunday that was advertised
> on this list. If you did go to it, what were your thoughts about the event,
> did you have any strange experiences - and did anyone explain any of it to
> you afterwards?!
> Thanks
> Alice
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