Telepathy…what’s the evidence?

A podcast promoting claims that non-verbal autistic children can
read minds briefly knocked Joe Rogan off the top of the charts this
month, which made the Science Weekly team wonder, how has science
attempted to prove or disprove the existence of mind reading? To
find out, Ian Sample speaks to Chris French, emeritus professor of
psychology at Goldsmiths University. They discuss how scientists
have tested this phenomenon, what else could be behind the apparent
ability of some people to read minds, and why the idea is still so
popular. Help support our independent journalism at
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