Why do you think your work is important?

Why do you think your work is important?

Chris French (Anomalistic Psychologist) gives expert video advice on: What is anomalistic psychology?; What is the difference between anomalistic psychology and parapsychology?; Is parapsychology a real science? and more...

The reason I'm so fascinated by Anomalistic Psychology and Parapsychology is because most people in opinion poll after opinion poll actually believe in this stuff and a sizeable minority of them actually claim direct personal experiences of the paranormal. So, were there a situation that, where any claim from seeing a ghost, to experiencing telepathy, to even being abducted by aliens. There's a huge proportion of the population that actually believe in this stuff. Now, either that means that paranormal forces are real, if they are we should take that on board, accept it, and the wider scientific community should try and study those forces or alternatively, it's telling something very important about human psychology. So, either way it's worth taking those claims seriously.