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That article links it back Joseph Rhine, and then to Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism. Ultimately maybe the blame lies with Emanuel Swedenborg for inspiring
by card_zero 2y ago
That article links it back Joseph Rhine, and then to Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism. Ultimately maybe the blame lies with Emanuel Swedenborg for inspiring every kind of woo-woo.
- jhbadger 2y agoTrue, the idea wasn't new. But Campbell made it part of classic SF rather than fantasy or "new age" mysticism as it was earlier.