Clever Hans
A fascinating story from a century ago, and a useful cautionary tale for our own time. It's an example of a situation which occurs frequently in the field of alleged supernatural, "psychic", or other paranormal phenomena. Nobody involved was being dishonest or even biased, yet due to a subtle misunderstanding of what was happening, many became firmly convinced that they were observing and demonstrating a phenomenon which did not, in fact, exist.
posted by Infidel753 at 9:02 AM
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Cool article - thanks for posting the link!
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