Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 07, 1990, Page 4, Image 4

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Professor debunks mystic myths
Bv Peter ( ogsvvell
l mer.ild Reporter
Magii is more than |usi ii fleeting fancy tm
1 niversity psychology prolessor Ray llvman l( -
a wav ut life.
Ilytu.m. .i tugnitive psyi holngist who re
se,in lies human error, this been interested in the
uuiiil ot the paranormal Mine he was seven,
when his fattier gave turn a magic kit
Sim e he atteiuleii graduate si hoot at johns
Hopkins I 'niversitv. I fvman has been resist tilling
wllV people make mistakes why people believe
things that are not true and how people are do
i eiv eii
A lot ot people take things like this (the
paranortnall seriously and 1 am interested in
u hat is going on " he said
llvman was winking his wav toward a jour
nalism deglee at Huston t Diversity as a (notes
sional tnagii ian. mindreading and palnireaduig
and began to helievr that tie actually had the
power to really perform these ai tiv ities
One day a friend ( hallenged him to try read
mg lines on the palms ot people s hands in the
opposite dun lion than Hyman was using and the
answers lame out to be the same \t tilts point tl
dawned on llvman that lie had been fooled
tor llvman. it was a revelation He became
i urious about why he had been tooled and dt*< id
ed the answer could be found in the field of ps\
i (trilogy
Hyman c ,mn' In (hr l 'niversitv in 1'ttil .liter
spending live veers ,is ,m associate professoi in
|>s\chologx al Harvard I’niversiK and three vears
u ith (General I lei ti n
Besides le.n liing al the I !niversit\. I hman is
actively involved with investigating paranormal
and parapsvchologii el claims made In people lo
various bodies sin li as the ( I A. the National Sci
eiu e Foundation and the I N militan
Pa laps Vi hologisls are scientists who resean h
phenomena sin li as telepethx I SP and i luirvoy
,iiii e
Almost even veai someone conies to the
militurx or tlie \S! and suxs (hex can bend tanks
with their minds." IK man said I investigate
these exotic tei hniques that people try to sell the
government
Some ot the claims livmun has investigated
as part of one ol three committees he servos on ill
elude sleeplearning. firewalking, subliminal
tapes, meditation, I SP psychokinesis and bio
leedhai k
livmun got started as an investigate! aftei
people looked at Ins liai kground as a protessional
inagii tan and Ins i orient interest in psychology
"Once people realized my background in
magic some people fell this was a good i onihma
time " he said
Hviuan's idol in the inagii world is lloudini.
who. Iiesides performing as an escape artist,
spent a lot of time debunking magic trie ks Be
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