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The term "paranormal" has existed in the English language since at least 1920 and refers to phenomena that are beyond normal scientific explanations. Terence Hines writes that the paranormal can best be thought of as a subset of pseudoscience, relying on explanations outside the bounds of established science. Such phenomena include extrasensory perception, telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after death, reincarnation, faith healing, and human auras, with vague explanations involving psychic forces or human energy fields.

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The term "paranormal" has existed in the English language since at least 1920 and refers to phenomena that are beyond normal scientific explanations. Terence Hines writes that the paranormal can best be thought of as a subset of pseudoscience, relying on explanations outside the bounds of established science. Such phenomena include extrasensory perception, telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after death, reincarnation, faith healing, and human auras, with vague explanations involving psychic forces or human energy fields.

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Etymology[edit]

The term "paranormal" has existed in the English language since at


least 1920.[7][8] The word consists of two parts: para and normal. The
definition implies that the scientific explanation of the world around
us is 'normal' and anything that is above, beyond, or contrary to that is
'para'.

Paranormal subjects[edit]
On the classification of paranormal subjects, Terence Hines in his
book Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (2003) wrote:

On the classification of paranormal subjects, Terence Hines in his


book Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (2003) wrote:
“ The paranormal can best be thought of as a subset
of pseudoscience. What sets the paranormal apart from other
pseudosciences is a reliance on explanations for alleged
phenomena that are well outside the bounds of established
science. Thus, paranormal phenomena include extrasensory
perception (ESP), telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after
death, reincarnation, faith healing, human auras, and so forth.
The explanations for these allied phenomena are phrased in
vague terms of "psychic forces", "human energy fields", and so
on. This is in contrast to many pseudoscientific explanations
for other nonparanormal phenomena, which, although very bad
science, are still couched in acceptable scientific terms.[9] ”

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