http://www.michaelshermer.com books, essays, columns, reviews, and multimedia clips of famed skeptic Michael Shermer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.michaelshermer.com/1999/09/spoonbending/ http://www.michaelshermer.com/1999/09/spoonbending/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:00:02 +0000 Michael Shermer http://www.michaelshermer.com/1999/09/spoonbending/ Ever since the 1970s, spoonbending (and the bending of other cutlery, metal bars, and the like) has been held up as physical evidence for telekinesis, a form of PSI in which thoughts alone can allegedly be employed to alter the physical environment. In this episode, Michael Shermer attends a seminar on spoonbending and discovers the power of group think to actually bend metal!

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