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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 standards, that the human race has many other psychic talents we had previously been afraid to recognize, talents which constitute our truly genuine existence as humans. They are the only part of us worth talking about (41:261). Dr. Robert Davies is medical director of Fair Oaks Hospital in Summit,. New Jersey, where he has studied neurologic and psychiatric illness for many years. 1986, when discussing ESP he said, “Too many things this happen for it to be just coincidence.. commonalities that appear in many of these reports suggest _ that there may be some common physical basis" (36:88). This common physical basis is what researchers are trying determine. But to develop a scientific explanation these events may require new principles in physics Skeptics and cynics will always be present. Some skepticism is erucial to the scientific study parapsychology. Skeptics are valuable when they recognize the reality of psychic phenomena, help expose econ-artists, and provide objective criticism to help us better understand paranormal events. Cynics, on the other hand are biased and close-minded, trying to make nature change itself to conform to their concept of the universe. spite of personal skepticism, McRae points out “the opinions of the many eminent scientists in both nations who believe parapsychology research may lead to fundamental discoveries cannot be ignored" (33:68). The other nation he is referring to is the Soviet Union. SOVIET THREAT Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 41