Paranormal events are purported phenomena that are described outside of scientific contexts and whose existence cannot be explained by normal experiences or science. Proposals about the paranormal are different from scientific hypotheses because they are not based on empirical evidence from the scientific method but rather on anecdotes, testimony, and suspicion. Notable paranormal beliefs include those related to extrasensory perception, spiritualism, and pseudosciences like ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.
Paranormal events are purported phenomena that are described outside of scientific contexts and whose existence cannot be explained by normal experiences or science. Proposals about the paranormal are different from scientific hypotheses because they are not based on empirical evidence from the scientific method but rather on anecdotes, testimony, and suspicion. Notable paranormal beliefs include those related to extrasensory perception, spiritualism, and pseudosciences like ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.
Paranormal events are purported phenomena that are described outside of scientific contexts and whose existence cannot be explained by normal experiences or science. Proposals about the paranormal are different from scientific hypotheses because they are not based on empirical evidence from the scientific method but rather on anecdotes, testimony, and suspicion. Notable paranormal beliefs include those related to extrasensory perception, spiritualism, and pseudosciences like ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.
non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as beyond normal experience or scientific explanation.[1][2][3][4] Proposals regarding the paranormal are different from scientific hypotheses or speculations extrapolated from scientific evidence because scientific ideas are grounded in empirical observations and experimental data gained through the scientific method. In contrast, those who argue for the existence of the paranormal explicitly do not base their arguments on empirical evidence but rather on anecdote, testimony, and suspicion.[5] Notable paranormal beliefs include those that pertain to extrasensory perception (for example, telepathy), spiritualism and the pseudosciences of ghost hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.