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I recently came across a series called The Telepathy Tapes, about a documentarian named Ky Dickens and her exploration of a group of autistic individuals purported to be telepathic. For a while months ago, this series was having a wider audience on Spotify than Joe Rogan. While the series is a masterful art of storytelling, It has also drawn sharp criticism from some who claim the mantle of scientific authority. And I think it is emblematic of the times we live in, as we struggle with the realization of limits of official knowledge and the conventional scientific paradigm, the dangers of pseudoscience and misrepresentation, and a universe where people not only believe in the paranormal, but actually claim to experience it.
The Telepathy Tapes channel on Youtube:
www.youtube.com
A critical view of the Telepathy Tapes:
A more sympathetic view, pointing out some flaws in the critiques of skeptics:
intointuition.substack.com
I admit I am somewhat sympathetic to the Telepathy Tapes- I've lived long enough and talked to enough people to know that paranormal experiences aren't rare, and often exist right under the noses of those enmeshed in protecting and upholding official knowledge. But I can't help but the story itself is as much a sign of the time we live in, where journalism is blended with credulous storytelling with a conspiratorial undertone that seems to be opening up a Pandora's Box of "conspirituality", potentially at the expense of some of society's most vulnerable people. The Tapes themselves present an optimistic and positive vision; an ultimately benevolent universe manifesting itself in the lives of profoundly disabled individuals and families, but that's not to say that this new emerging zeitgeist doesn't come with its own potential dark side; the potential for gnostic manicheainism, superstition, mistrust of evidence-based solutions to problems, and fraud or misrepresentation.
The Telepathy Tapes channel on Youtube:
The Telepathy Tapes
The Telepathy Tapes is a groundbreaking series that challenges everything we think we know about communication and the human mind, inviting listeners to step into a reality where the impossible is not only possible but happening every day. Through emotional stories and undeniable evidence, The...
www.youtube.com
A critical view of the Telepathy Tapes:
The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe
The Telepathy Tapes is a seven-hour podcast series that takes listeners on an incredible journey. Here is a summary of the show. A journalist taps into a community of parents of nonverbal autistic children and discovers that we all live in a simulation and the real world is Heaven, and these...
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A more sympathetic view, pointing out some flaws in the critiques of skeptics:
The Telepathy Tapes and the Trap of Certainty: A Case for Wonder and Not Knowing
…A response to Jonathan Jarry’s: “The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe”
intointuition.substack.com
I admit I am somewhat sympathetic to the Telepathy Tapes- I've lived long enough and talked to enough people to know that paranormal experiences aren't rare, and often exist right under the noses of those enmeshed in protecting and upholding official knowledge. But I can't help but the story itself is as much a sign of the time we live in, where journalism is blended with credulous storytelling with a conspiratorial undertone that seems to be opening up a Pandora's Box of "conspirituality", potentially at the expense of some of society's most vulnerable people. The Tapes themselves present an optimistic and positive vision; an ultimately benevolent universe manifesting itself in the lives of profoundly disabled individuals and families, but that's not to say that this new emerging zeitgeist doesn't come with its own potential dark side; the potential for gnostic manicheainism, superstition, mistrust of evidence-based solutions to problems, and fraud or misrepresentation.
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