Talk:Joseph Banks Rhine
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[edit] Missing Biographical Details
In 1974 there was an incident regarding Dr. Levy, in which Dr. Rhine made a announcement. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944971,00.html This article contains the details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.226.233 (talk) 19:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The claim that Rhine believed in the mediumship of Mina Crandon is false
In a 1927 issue of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology (21) he and his wife wrote a article discussing a sitting they had with her. They concluded it was fraudulent from start to finish. He claimed he saw her "kicking the megaphone within her reach". In fact, the reason Rhine left the ASPR was because of support Mina Crandon received which he felt was unwarranted. He did not rejoin it until the year Mina Crandon died. Also, the link to the info about Lady the Horse takes you to a page with other links to supposed news articles from the time, which, while they mention Duke University and research conducted with Lady, do not mention J.B. Rhine. The one mention of J.B. Rhine is in the link to something written by Frank Edwards. I'm assuming it's a excerpt from a book called Stranger Than Science. Is such a attribution considered credible for a Wikipedia article? If it is, shouldn't the link go directly to the Frank Edwards page on that site since his is the only article mentioning J.B. Rhine. Anyway, all it says is, "Dr. J. B. Rhine, the famed Duke University specialist in extrasensory perception, spent about two weeks studying and testing Lady Wonder. He and his assistants came away convinced, so they reported, that she had some sort of genuine telepathic powers." Nowhere does Frank Edwards source how he came to this conclusion. Also, I do not see where Rhine said he felt Lady was the "greatest thing since radio". Where is that quote coming from? Finally, with the exception of a book by D. Scott Rogo every single item listed under "reference", "literature", and "further reading" is something not only skeptical about the work of Dr. Rhine but also completely dismissive of the type of research he did. Shouldn't there be some balance brought to this article? It reads more like a hit piece than a encylopedic article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.37.74.18 (talk) 05:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
