• During the mid 1970s, a host of philosophers, scientists, authors, and "rationalists" formally responded to what they felt was a growing social problem: the rise in paranormal and occult beliefs. Under the leadership of professor Paul Kurtz of the State University of New York at Buffalo, they formed the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal . This group encouraged a "scientific approach" to investigate paranormal and fringe claims, which included "pseudosciences"…Read more