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'''Dean Radin''' (born [[February 29]], [[1952]]) is a researcher and author in the field of [[parapsychology]]. He is Senior Scientist at the [[Institute of Noetic Sciences]], in [[Petaluma, California]], USA, on the
Adjunct Faculty at [[Sonoma State University]], on the Distinguished Consulting Faculty at [[Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center]], and former, four-time President of the [[Parapsychological Association]].<ref>http://parapsych.org/history_of_pa_presidents.html History of the PA Presidency Retrieved January 5, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.noetic.org/ IONS homepage], [http://www.noetic.org/about/staff.cfm IONS staff directory] retrieved on August 14, 2006</ref>
==Biography==
Radin played the [[violin]] from the age of five, and worked as a professional classical violinist for five years.<ref name="autobio">[http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/bio.html Biography on Dean Radin's own website] retrieved on November 6, 2007</ref> He earned an [[undergraduate]] degree in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], and both a [[master's degree]] in electrical engineering and a [[doctorate]] in [[educational psychology]] from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] at Urbana-Champaign.<ref name="autobio"/>
Radin worked at [[AT&T]] [[Bell Labs]] and [[Verizon Communications#GTE|GTE Labs]], mainly on human factors of advanced [[telecommunications]] products and services, and then held appointments at [[Princeton University]], [[Edinburgh University]], [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]], [[SRI International]], [[Interval Research Corporation]], and [http://boundaryinstitute.org/ Boundary Institute]. At these facilities he was engaged in basic research on exceptional human capacities, principally [[psi phenomena]].<ref name="autobio" />
In 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2005 Radin was the elected President of the [[Parapsychological Association]], an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published numerous scientific papers,<ref>[http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/activitiespubs.html Dean Radin - Entangled Minds<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> as well as articles and books written for a popular audience: ''The Conscious Universe'' (1997) and ''Entangled Minds'' (2006).<ref>http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/activities.html Bibliography on Dean Radin's website retrieved August 14, 2006</ref>
''The Conscious Universe'' (1997, HarperCollins) was awarded Amazon.com's 1998 Category Bestseller Award, the Scientific and Medical Network 1997 Book Award, and the Anomalist's 1997 Book Award, and as of 2006 it is in its 16th printing. It has proved to be popular and has been translated into Turkish, Korean and French, with several other translations under way. In January, 1998, Nobel Laureate physicist [[Brian Josephson]] wrote in the (British newspaper), the Guardian: "If asked to nominate the most significant scientific event of 1997, I would cite the publication of this book." ''Entangled Minds'' is being translated into Romanian, Portuguese and Japanese (as of December 2006). Nobel Laureate [[Kary Mullis]] has added ''Entangled Minds'' to his list of recommended books on his website.<ref>[http://www.karymullis.com/]www.karymullis.com- See: Books, for recommended reading list </ref> Radin's books have drawn mixed reviews. <ref>Pedersen, Morten Monrad. [http://www.skepticreport.com/pseudoscience/radinbook.htm Book review of ''The Conscious Universe'']. SkepticReport.com</ref><ref>Nelson, Roger. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168586756.html Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality (Book review)]. ''The Journal of Parapsychology''. March 22, 2006</ref>
== Research ==
Radin has conducted [[parapsychological]] research in several areas, drawing the personal conclusion that psychic phenomena exist. However, Radin's research has failed to capture the attention of mainstream science and the scientific community as a whole, who support [[Scientific modelling|mainstream models]] incompatible with, and often contradictory to, Radin's conclusions. Some of this research includes:
*''RNGs and world events'': Events which capture the attention of many people may affect [[random number generator]]s.<ref>''The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena'' by Dean Radin, 1997 </ref> Other publications report analytical studies on how lunar cycles may affect psi and winning at gambling casinos. Winnings on slot machines rise 2% during a full-moon.<ref>''Seeking psi in the casino.'' Radin, C.I. & Rebman, J. M. (1998), Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 62 (850), 193-219</ref>
*''[[Precognition|Presentiment]]'' experiments: Experimental tests of presentiment effects in the autonomic and central nervous system.<ref>see http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/activitiespubs.html for a list of publications</ref>
*''[[Remote Healing]]'': Subjects constructed clay dolls of themselves. His research showed that the subjects' blood and nerve activity increases when a "healer" {{convert|100|yd}} away massaged the dolls.<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/1996/sep/14/505088006.html] The scientific edge, UNLV professor explores the link between mind and matter by Mary Manning, LAS VEGAS SUN, 14 Sep 1996.</ref>Radin also tested [[Umbanda]] mediums in Brazil, who attempted to send healing thoughts to American subjects at UNLV. These healing thoughts were not only sent to specific individuals but also ''back in time.''<ref>[http://users.lycaeum.org/~maverick/radin.htm] David Jay Brown Interviews Dean Radin </ref>
*''[[Psychokinesis]]'': In 2000 Radin attended a [[spoon bending]] party. To his surprise the spoon he was holding started to bend. The bowl momentarily felt like putty. Using one finger and thumb he easily pinched the end of the bowl over, nearly bending the bowl to half its length. Dean had decided in advance that the only bend he might find interesting would be of the bowl of a spoon, because to do this without tools and/or leverage is beyond the capability of most people, including himself. The silver-plated soup spoon he held bent as he had previously desired. <ref>[http://www.deanradin.com/spoon.htm] www.deanradin.com </ref>
*''[[Kinesiology]]'': Radin ran double-blind and triple-blind trials with 58 adults using vials of sugar and sand and a dynamometer, which measures a hand's grip strength. The results seemed to show that people's muscle strength decreased significantly when they held vials of sugar.<ref>[http://www.deanradin.com/nytimes.html] They Laughed at Galileo Too by Chip Brown, 1996 The New York Times Company
August 11, 1996, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
Section 6; Page 41; Column 2; Magazine Desk </ref>
*''[[Robotics]]'': Subjects attempt to manipulate a robotic arm to pick up an M & M. Unobserved, the robotic arm can complete the job in 25 steps. With a human's mental attention to the task, the job can be done in two steps.<ref>[http://www.deanradin.com/nytimes.html] They Laughed at Galileo Too by Chip Brown, 1996 The New York Times Company
August 11, 1996, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
Section 6; Page 41; Column 2; Magazine Desk </ref>
*''[[Psychics]]'': The best psychic averages about 3 in 10, like the best baseball hitters .300," says Radin. The rest of us bat about 1 or 2 in 10." <ref> The scientific edge, UNLV professor explores the link between mind and matter by Mary Manning, LAS VEGAS SUN, 14 Sep 1996, [http.//www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/archives/1996/sep/14/505088006.html]</ref>
*''[[Remote viewing and future machines]]'': While Dean Radin was at the Conscious Research Laboratory, University of Nevada, Las Vegas he worked with remote viewer [[Joseph McMoneagle]]. Radin conceptualized a future machine that as yet did not exist. McMoneagle used his remote viewing into the future in an effort to obtain information concerning this machine to produce patentable ideas.<ref>''The Ulitimate Time Machine: A Remote Viewer's Perception of Time and Predictions for the New Millennium'' by Joseph McMoneagle, Hampton Roads, Publishing Co., Inc., 1998, p.109 </ref> Radin wrote that the probable reality of [[remote viewing]] was scientifically established by the US government's [[Stargate Project]].<ref>[http://deanradin.blogspot.com/2006/06/weird-science.html Weird Science]. A post on Radin's blog on 12 Jun 2006 </ref>
*''[[Historical]]'': About the famous [[Indian rope trick]] Radin, says," There are all these classic cases of the fakirs throwing the rope in the air and the little boy climbs up to the top and disappears and all kinds of magical things happen. All the Easterners see it and will swear up and down that they saw it, whereas the Westerners see nothing. They were watching the fakir just stand there with his arms folded and the little boy standing there and the rope is on the ground and nothing happened." Radin's explanation is the fakir ''melted minds''.<ref>[http://www.enlightenment.com/media/interviews/radin] Enlightenment Interview with Dean Radin See: ''The Weight of Credulity''</ref> Radin also has a positive interest in using remote viewing for psychic archaeology, his preferred name now being "intuitive archaeology."<ref>http://deanradin.blogspot.com/ Monday 18 Jun 2007, Two Recommended Books:''Opening to the Infinite'' by Stephan A Schwartz, also the author of''The Secret Vaults of Time: Psychic Archaeology and the Quest for Man's Beginnings'' and ''The Alexandria Project''</ref><ref> Also see note#4 and references 1 & 2 at [[remote viewing]]</ref>
==References==
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==See also==
*[[Parapsychology]]
*[[Joseph Banks Rhine]], a pioneering researcher in parapsychology
*[[Mental Radio]], a book by Upton Sinclair about psychic abilities
==External links==
*[http://www.deanradin.com/ Dean Radin's official website] - Contains a blog and various resources to do with his work
*[http://shiftinaction.com/discover/luminaries/dean_radin Dean Radin articles & MP3 audio] provided by ''Shift in Action'', sponsored by the [[Institute of Noetic Sciences]]
*[http://www.skepticreport.com/pseudoscience/radinbook.htm Book review of ''The Conscious Universe''] by Morten Monrad Pedersen on the SkepticReport.com website.
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