Annie Jacobsen

Journalist and author, “Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis”

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Journalist and author of “Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis”

Annie Jacobsen on KCRW

Most scientists will tell you psychokinesis -- the ability to move things with your mind -- is nonsense.

How the U.S. military is trying to understand psychic phenomena

Most scientists will tell you psychokinesis -- the ability to move things with your mind -- is nonsense.

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How much do you know about DARPA? That’s the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, by the way.

'The Pentagon’s Brain'

How much do you know about DARPA? That’s the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, by the way.

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