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Definition:
The label "table turning" is applied to the allegedly ability of mediums to move
tables, either through telekinesis or through the power of spirits which they have
contacted during a seance. British physicist Michael Faraday investigated this
phenomenon and discovered that the tables moved not through spiritual forces, but
because people were moving them.
This was proven through a device which registered any pressure from the fingers of the mediums. When the subjects knew about it, the table never moved. When they didn't know about it the table moved and pressure was recorded - even though they never realized they were doing it.
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Skepticism & Critical Thinking
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