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1927 Telepathy Experiment Fails to Prove Psychic Abilities

10/9/2025

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1927 London telepathy experiment led by Oliver Lodge yielded no evidence of psychic phenomena.
It involved 25,000+ participants and six volunteers in a locked room.
Listeners guessed thoughts via letters; playing cards, a skull, lilacs, and a colleague's mask were tested.
V. J. Woolley noted peculiar results but said findings were not robust; no telepathy evidence has been found since.

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Story summary

1927 London telepathy experiment led by Oliver Lodge yielded no evidence of psychic phenomena.
It involved 25,000+ participants and six volunteers in a locked room.
Listeners guessed thoughts via letters; playing cards, a skull, lilacs, and a colleague's mask were tested.
V. J. Woolley noted peculiar results but said findings were not robust; no telepathy evidence has been found since.