Editing Precognition (section)

===21st century===
In 2011 the psychologist [[Daryl Bem]], a Professor Emeritus at [[Cornell University]], published findings showing statistical evidence for precognition in  the ''[[Journal of Personality and Social Psychology]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bem|first=DJ|title=Feeling the future: experimental evidence for anomalous retroactive influences on cognition and affect.|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|date=March 2011|volume=100|issue=3|pages=407–25|doi=10.1037/a0021524|pmid=21280961|s2cid=1961013 |url=http://dbem.ws/FeelingFuture.pdf|access-date=2013-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103233037/http://dbem.ws/FeelingFuture.pdf|archive-date=2012-01-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> The paper was heavily criticised, and the criticism widened to include the journal itself and the validity of the [[peer review|peer-review]] process.<ref>[[James Alcock]], [http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/back_from_the_future ''Back from the Future: Parapsychology and the Bem Affair''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231102646/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/back_from_the_future |date=2011-12-31 }}, March/April 2011 [[Skeptical Inquirer]], January 6, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/06/the-esp-study-when-science-goes-psychic/when-peer-review-falters | work=The New York Times | title=Room for Debate: When Peer Review Falters | date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> In 2012, an independent attempt to reproduce Bem's results was published, but it failed to do so.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Rouder | first1 = J. | last2 = Morey | first2 = R. | year = 2011 | title = A Bayes factor meta-analysis of Bem's ESP claim | url = https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758%2Fs13423-011-0088-7.pdf| journal = Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | volume = 18 | issue = 4| pages = 682–689 | doi=10.3758/s13423-011-0088-7| pmid = 21573926 | s2cid = 12355543 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bem|first=Daryl|title=Response to Alcock's "Back from the Future: Comments on Bem"|url=http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/response_to_alcocks_back_from_the_future_comments_on_bem|date=6 January 2011|access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Alcock|first=James|title=Response to Bem's Comments|url=http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/response_to_bems_comments|date=6 January 2011|access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Galak | first1 = J. | last2 = LeBoeuf | first2 = R. A. | last3 = Nelson | first3 = L. D. | last4 = Simmons | first4 = J. P. | year = 2012 | title = Correcting the past: Failures to replicate psi | url = https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=oid_papers| journal = Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | volume = 103 | issue = 6| pages = 933–948 | doi=10.1037/a0029709 | pmid=22924750}}</ref><ref name=csicop.org>{{cite web|last=Frazier|first=Kendrick|date=2013|title=Failure to Replicate Results of Bem Parapsychology Experiments Published by Same Journal|url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/failure_to_replicate_results_of_bem_parapsychology_experiments_published_by|publisher=csicop.org|access-date=7 August 2013|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223080039/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/failure_to_replicate_results_of_bem_parapsychology_experiments_published_by|url-status=dead}}</ref> The widespread controversy led to calls for improvements in practice and for more research.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Franklin |first1=Michael S |last2=Baumgart |first2=Stephen L |last3=Schooler |first3=Jonathon W |title=Future dirctions in precognition research: more research can bridge the gap between skeptics and proponents |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |year=2014 |volume=5 |page=907 |publisher=Frontiers Media SA |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00907 |pmid=25202289 |pmc=4141237 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Alexander B |title=Psychologists confront impossible finding, triggering a revolution in the field |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/psychologists-confront-impossible-finding-triggering-a-revolution-in-the-field-1.5344467 |website=www.cbc.ca |publisher=CBC |access-date=20 February 2022}}</ref>