The Wikipedia page on James Vicary (The "inventor" of Subliminal advertising) mentions that the CIA investigated subliminal advertising and found it to be somewhat useful. After reading the source I found that the report is more skeptical than presented but it did tickle something in my brain; the CIA was (is?) interested in so much bunk! I've compiled an incomplete list of some pseudo-science the CIA was involved in. Lest you think they were just doing their duty and investigating all possible ways to get an edge, I will quote some of their findings where they seemingly 'fell for it' List of involvements Uri Geller After experimenting with him for eight days the CIA concluded As a result of Geller's success in this experimental period, we consider that he has demonstrated his paranormal perceptual ability in a convincing and unambiguous manner. source Dowsing Maybe prof. Calculus was right after all! From the Discussions and conclusions section of a study on dowsing. This is the…
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