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==Paranormal research==

==Paranormal research==

Approaching the paranormal from a [[research]] [[perspective]] is often difficult because of the lack of acceptance of the [[physical]] [[reality]] of most of the purported [[phenonema]]. By definition, the paranormal does not conform to conventional expectations of the [[natural]]. Despite this challenge, studies on the paranormal are periodically conducted by researchers all from various [[disciplines]]. Some researchers study just the [[beliefs]] in the paranormal regardless of whether the phenomena are considered to objectively exist.  

Approaching the paranormal from a [[research]] [[perspective]] is often difficult because of the lack of acceptance of the [[physical]] [[reality]] of most of the purported [[phenonema]]. By definition, the paranormal does not conform to conventional expectations of the [[natural]]. Despite this challenge, studies on the paranormal are periodically conducted by researchers all from various [[disciplines]]. Some researchers study just the [[beliefs]] in the paranormal regardless of whether the phenomena are considered to objectively exist.

 

==Anecdotal approach==

==Anecdotal approach==

An anecdotal approach to the paranormal involves the collection of stories told about the paranormal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort Charles Fort] (1874-1932) is perhaps the best known collector of paranormal anecdotes. Fort is said to have compiled as many as 40,000 notes on unexplained paranormal [[experiences]], though there were no doubt many more than these. These notes came from what he called "the orthodox [[convention]]ality of [[Science]]", which were odd events originally reported in magazines and newspapers such as The Times and scientific [[journals]] such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American Scientific American], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(journal) Nature] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(journal) Science]". From this research Fort wrote seven books, though only four survive. These are: The Book of the Damned (1919), New Lands (1923), Lo! (1931) and Wild Talents (1932); one book was written between New Lands and Lo! but it was abandoned and absorbed into Lo!.

An anecdotal approach to the paranormal involves the collection of stories told about the paranormal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort Charles Fort] (1874-1932) is perhaps the best known collector of paranormal anecdotes. Fort is said to have compiled as many as 40,000 notes on unexplained paranormal [[experiences]], though there were no doubt many more than these. These notes came from what he called "the orthodox [[convention]]ality of [[Science]]", which were odd events originally reported in magazines and newspapers such as The Times and scientific [[journals]] such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American Scientific American], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(journal) Nature] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(journal) Science]". From this research Fort wrote seven books, though only four survive. These are: The Book of the Damned (1919), New Lands (1923), Lo! (1931) and Wild Talents (1932); one book was written between New Lands and Lo! but it was abandoned and absorbed into Lo!.