Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab

<p>The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) was a research program at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a> that studied <a href="/facts/Parapsychology/0cTMNMfD">parapsychology</a>. Established in 1979 by then Dean of Engineering <a href="/facts/Robert_G._Jahn/N5bhYJDT">Robert G. Jahn</a>, PEAR conducted formal studies on two primary subject areas, <a href="/facts/Psychokinesis/sDhMYr6r">psychokinesis</a> (PK) and <a href="/facts/Remote_viewing/agprJDfU">remote viewing</a>.  Owing to the controversial nature of the subject matter, the program had a strained relationship with Princeton and was considered by the administration and some faculty to be an embarrassment to the university. Critics suggested that it lacked scientific rigor, used poor methodology, and misused statistics, and characterized it as <a href="/facts/Pseudoscience/kdNzoLeS">pseudoscience</a>. PEAR closed in February 2007, being incorporated into the "International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL).
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Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab