Err...Science, Possibly. Extremely Scientific Poppycock. Execrablely Stupid Psuedoscience.

I'm trying to think of more.  This is hard.

Extremely Silly Possibility.  Even Scientists Poop.

So, this barrage of hilarity comes from this article.  Apparently some well-known social psychologist got his study into a pretty highly-esteemed journal.  What was his study? Well, according to him, you should already know.  Because ESP exists.  Definitively.  Even though it's been disproved time and time again.

The article is interesting in that it doesn't take sides and does a good job of maintaining journalistic neutrality.  It gives a perspective that maybe this Dr. Bem is just publishing this as an "elaborate joke".  This is honestly a possibility, as history is littered with stories of how respected people in the field can flummox everyone.  Examples: The Swiss Spaghetti Hoax, the Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer, the San Serriffe hoax.

But honestly, joke or not, a psuedo-science article making its way into a respected journal is a tiny bit ridiculous.  I mean, it's bad enough that these homeopathic crazies get the legitimacy they do, do we really need to be opening up another door to the snake-oilers?

I mean, what did the Simpsons say about that?

Let one of these crazies in, and you're basically making science a free-for-all.

Not to mention that someone actually got paid real money to do this research.  It's kind of like giving someone money to masturbate all day to see if they grow hair on their hands.  Aren't we in too hard a company to pay scientists to bullshit?