单词 | psi-power |
释义 | > as lemmaspsi-power attributive (in sense 2), as psi-phenomenon, psi-power, etc. ΚΠ 1942 R. H. Thouless in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 47 5 I suggest that we should use a term proposed by Dr Wiesner, and call this group of effects [sc. extra-sensory perception] the ‘psi phenomena’, a term which has the important negative merit that it implies no theory as to their nature. 1948 J. B. Rhine Reach of Mind ix. 112 How general psi capacities are we do not yet know. 1955 A. Huxley Let. 27 Aug. (1969) 761 It will obviously take a lot of very cautious experimentation to determine the right psi-enhancing dose of the mushroom. 1969 J. I. M. Stewart Cucumber Sandwiches 31 ‘Are individuals any longer described as psychic, Arthur?’... ‘The jargon changes. The “psi-factor” is all the go now.’ 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 45/3 The very essence of sound experimental design in parapsychology is to close all cheating loopholes. Until they are closed, no experiment indicating sensational psi powers is worth publishing. 1996 Nature 22 Feb. 685/2 It would..be possible to hold..that psi-phenomena will ultimately be explained in terms of physical forces and laws. < as lemmas |
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