telekinesis
Sign in to savethumb|right|An artist's conception of spontaneous telekinesis from a 1911 issue of the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse
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Telekinesis refers to the claimed ability to move or manipulate physical objects using only the mind, without any physical contact. While the concept has captured public imagination and appeared in popular culture for over a century, there is no scientific evidence that telekinesis actually exists.
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- Reception
- Evaluation
- Physics
- Explanations in terms of bias
- Magic and special effects
- Prize money for proof of telekinesis
- Belief
- Subsets of telekinesis
- Claimants of telekinetic abilities
- Physics
- Metal bending
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|right|An artist's conception of spontaneous telekinesis from a 1911 issue of the French magazine La Vie Mysterieuse
Telekinesis () (alternatively called psychokinesis) is a purported psychic ability allowing an individual to influence a physical system without physical interaction. Simply put, it is the moving or manipulating of objects with the mind, without directly touching them. Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no reliable evidence that telekinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience.