Anomalistics
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anomalistics-252-1939375
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Anomalistics
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Anomalistics is the use of scientific methods to evaluate anomalies, with the aim of finding a rational explanation. The term itself was coined in 1973 by Drew University anthropologist Roger W. Wescott, who defined it as being the "serious and systematic study of all phenomena that fail to fit the picture of reality provided for us by common sense or by the established sciences." Wescott credited journalist and researcher Charles Fort as being the creator of anomalistics as a field of research,
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encyclopedia
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Investigation of anomalous or paranormal phenomena
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalistics
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2021-10-09T14:12:32Z
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