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	Ray Hyman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ray Hyman (born June 23, 1928, Chelsea, Massachusetts) is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR, respected as a skeptical critic of parapsychology research.
		The guide exploits what fascinated him in his academic research in cognitive psychology, that much deception is self-deception.
		Hyman's magical skills (which he calls "manipulating perception") have earned him the cover of The Linking Ring, the magazine of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ray_Hyman (239 words)

	A LAWYER ON THE SKEPTICS- Ray Hyman defames Professor Gary Schwartz
		Hyman indirectly threatens psi empiricists with 'ridicule' and 'risking their reputation' is a kind of indirect bullying and malice that would not be acceptable by scientists.
		Hyman exercises a carefully crafted technique of 'verbal terrorism'- of repetitive hit and run ridicule, distortion and misrepresentation which is couched in pseudo technical language to bamboozle and fatigue the non-initiated.
		Hyman as a magician would be a professional 'trickster' and something we all should keep in mind when he tries to assess legitimate professional scientific work which is fundamentally inconsistent with his own cherished deeply entrenched beliefs.
	www.victorzammit.com /skeptics/rayhyman.html (3017 words)

	Review of The Elusive Quarry by Ray Hyman
		Ray Hyman is a magician and skeptic with nearly a half-century involvement with the paranormal.
		Hyman is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon.
		In a biographical sketch in Proceedings of the IEEE.
	www.tricksterbook.com /ArticlesOnline/HymanReview.htm (4525 words)

	Skeptical News
		Ray Hyman is a distinguished professor emeritus from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon, who has had a longstanding career as a skeptic focused on uncovering potential flaws in parapsychology research.
		Hyman would rather dismiss the fact that the highly accurate ratings obtained in the single-blind published study for GD were indeed replicated in the double-blind published study, than admit to the possibility that individual differences in sitter characteristics are an important and genuine factor in mediumship research.
		Hyman's impression is as false as his being "sure" that I would disagree with the fact that rater bias needs to be considered as a possible hypothesis for individual differences in rating performance.
	www.ntskeptics.org /news/news2003-06-15.htm (21165 words)

	PBS - Scientific American Frontiers:Previous Shows:Transcripts:Beeyond Science?
		RAY HYMAN She and I are working as a team.
		RAY HYMAN OK, let's now assume that this is a male hand, even though it's a female hand, it'll go back and forth.
		RAY HYMAN And as we know, the scientific method was basically set up to protect people from fooling themselves in special areas.
	www.pbs.org /saf/transcripts/transcript802.htm (7528 words)

	WPA 2000 Meeting Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hyman will use examples to illustrade how the same psychological processes can lead to either science or pseudoscience.
		Ray Hyman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Oregon.
		Hyman's published research has been in such areas as pattern recognition, perception, problem solving and creativity, and related areas of cognition.
	www.westernpsych.org /programs/program00/th14.html (235 words)

	Commentaries: A Second Helping of Bologna on Wry
		Utts and Hyman were to conduct a thorough review of "all laboratory experiments and meta-analytic reviews conducted as part of the research program," which amounted to about 80 reports, a number of which summarized several experiments each (p.
		Hyman and the AIR researchers concluded there was not enough evidence to say even that.
		If Hyman recognized the eclectic nature of the research AIR was to evaluate, he is certainly well- qualified enough as a scientist to realize that the limited numbers of experiments were inadequate to answer the question EITHER WAY as to whether or not remote viewing had any efficacy as an intelligence collection tool.
	www.anomalist.com /commentaries/ciarv2.html (3380 words)

	Hyman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John William Hyman, a deaf mute, was born January 19, 1860 in Cushman, Arkansas to John William Hyman and Isabela Francis Gordon.
		Maude Olivia Hyman was born 6/19/1887 in Cushman, Arkansas to John William Hyman and Mary Emily Watson, both of whom were deaf mutes.
		Ray is a member of the First Baptist Sunday School and Church, and is active in many local clubs and organizations.
	home.comcast.net /~billrusk/hyman.htm (5580 words)

	Journal of Parapsychology, The: Response to Ray Hyman's report 'Evaluation of the Program on Anomalous Mental ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Critics are fond of relating, as Hyman does in his report, that there has been "more than a century of parapsychological research" (p.
		On pages 4 and 5 of their September 29, 1994, SAIC final report, May, Luke and James summarize four reports that do precisely what Hyman claims is not done in parapsychology: They put forth the accumulated evidence for anomalous cognition in a variety of formats.
		As I have repeatedly tried to explain to Hyman and others, when dealing with a small to medium effect it takes hundreds or sometimes thousands of trials to establish "statistical significance." In fact, the Physicians Health Study that initially established the link between taking aspirin and reducing heart attacks studied over 22,000 men.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2320/is_n4_v59/ai_18445601 (1258 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I am pleased that Ray Hyman, one of parapsychology's most knowledgeable and skeptical critics, concurs with Charles Honorton and me on so many aspects of the autoganzfeld experiments: the soundness of their methodology, the clear rejection of the null hypothesis, and, of course, the need for further replication.
		Alternatively, perhaps Hyman is advocating a procedure in which the experiment continues until each clip within a judging set appears as a target a predesignated minimum number of times.
		Again, however, Hyman's major concern is that this pattern might reflect an interaction between inadequate target randomization and possible response biases on the part of those receivers or experimenters who encounter the same judging set more than once.
	www.dina.kvl.dk /~abraham/psy2.html (2480 words)

	Response to Ray Hyman's Report (AIR)
		Ray Hyman's report of September 11, 1995, written partially in response to my report of September 1, 1995 elucidates the issues on which he and I agree and disagree.
		On pages 4 and 5 of their September 29, 1994 SAIC final report, May, Luke and James summarize four reports that do precisely what Professor Hyman claims is not done in parapsychology; they put forth the accumulated evidence for anomalous cognition in a variety of formats.
		As I have repeatedly tried to explain to Professor Hyman and others, when dealing with a small to medium effect it takes hundreds or sometimes thousands of trials to establish "statistical significance." In fact, the Physicians Health Study that initially established the link between taking aspirin and reducing heart attacks studied over 22,000 men.
	anson.ucdavis.edu /~utts/response.html (1205 words)

	Bay Area was site of psychic spy tests
		Hyman and UC-Davis statistician Jessica Utts were commissioned by the CIA to evaluate the psychic spying project, code-named "Stargate." The government spent $20 million over two decades on the project, the researchers said.
		Hyman and Utts, looking at the previously classified U.S. government research, came to different conclusions about whether the project was worthwhile.
		Utts and Hyman turned their report over to the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C., in September.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1995/11/29/NEWS5007.dtl (670 words)

	Prometheus Books
		A research psychologist held in the highest esteem by both parapsychologists and skeptics, Ray Hyman here reviews the history and methods of psychical research.
		Hyman gives close scrutiny to what have been called "ganzfeld experiments," a body of research considered by parapsychologists to be especially compelling.
		Hyman steps outside of the laboratory for his book's third part, "Psychic Phenomena," and evaluates the claims of "water witching," occult healing, and remote viewing.
	www.prometheusbooks.com /site/catalog/book_705.html (311 words)

	CIA AIR Report on Remote Viewing, Dr. Edwin C. May response, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Anomalous Cognition Remote ...
		Although Hyman does not propose how this might effect the result, he is correct in proposing the hypothesis that it might somehow affect the outcome.
		Ray Hyman and George Lawrence were denied access to SRI experiments with Uri Geller in 1974.
		I raised this point at the July meeting Ray Hyman and I attended with the AIR staff at their Palo Alto office, and it was substantiated by Stanford Statistics Professor Lincoln Moses, who had been asked by the AIR staff to attend the meeting to comment on that and related statistical issues.
	www.lfr.org /LFR/csl/media/air_mayresponse.html (7882 words)

	The Straight Dope Mailbag: The Straight Dope Mailbag: Did the U.S. government fund psychic research?
		One was Ray Hyman, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon and a well-known skeptic.
		Hyman argued that these studies offer no insight as to why the scoring is above chance--it's just assumed that it must be psychic ability.
		As Hyman noted, though, "these are nice tall stories that can't be evaluated." As with all "psychic" reports of this type, there is too much missing information.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mpsychicfed.html (1064 words)

	In Praise of Ray Hyman (Skeptical Inquirer Mar 2004)
		The following remarks about Ray Hyman were delivered by York University psychology professor and CSICOP Executive Council member James Alcock in presenting Hyman the In Praise of Reason Award, CSICOP's highest honor, at the Saturday night awards banquet at the CSICOP Albuquerque conference "Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias" Oct. 23-26, 2003.
		Ray earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University, where he then taught statistics, amongst other subjects.
		In terms of personality, Ray is able to be highly critical of parapsychologists and psychics without antagonizing them.
	www.csicop.org /si/2004-03/ray-hyman.html (1453 words)

	bc skeptics \| 2002: How Not to Test a Medium
		Ray Hyman, founding member of CSICOP's Executive Council and the world's leading scientific critic of parapsychology, has just completed a year as the Sigma Xi scientific honor society's Distinguished Traveling Lecturer.
		Ray's detailed critique of these tests of big-name mediums is slated for an upcoming issue of the Skeptical Inquirer.
		Ray Hyman's talk will be followed by a demonstration by Jerry Andrus of some of the most astounding optical illusions and close-up magic effects you are likely to see anywhere.
	www.bcskeptics.info /calendar/2002.11.08a.html (264 words)

	The REALL News -- February 1994
		Ray Hyman recounts that when he was young he worked as a fortune teller reading palms.
		Hyman gives eight rules to follow and his exposition of these points describes the essence of good skepticism, rational argument, and civilized discourse.
		Ray Hyman is a skeptic, a scholar, and a gentleman,
	www.reall.org /newsletter/v02/n02 (5576 words)

	Proper Criticism (Skeptical Inquirer July 2001)
		This brief guide by psychology professor Ray Hyman, a member of the CSICOP Executive Council from the beginning, has for many years been used by Skeptical Inquirer's editorial staff and widely distributed to authors and others.
		It was printed some years ago in the CSICOP newsletter Skeptical Briefs, and it appears in Hyman's book
		Ray Hyman, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon, is a Fellow and member of the Executive Council of CSICOP and a member of the Skeptical Inquirer editorial board.
	www.csicop.org /si/2001-07/criticism.html (1926 words)

	Skeptical Inquirer: In praise of Ray Hyman.(Albuquerque Conference ... @ HighBeam Research
		They believed that he had "gone soft" because, rather than taking a debunking stance as they had wanted, he had approached the topic of paranormal claims from the point of view of scientific objectivity.
		Indeed, no doubt every one of us who has talked with Ray knows of his warmth and charm, and knows as well that no matter how stupid or ill-informed our questions might be--and I've asked my share--he never makes us feel foolish for having asked.
		Ray Hyman clearly meets all the criteria in my list.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:114090195&refid=ink_tptd_mag (1443 words)

	HOW NOT TO DO AN EXPERIMENT
		Hyman does not tell us who these "few researchers" were so let me remind him of just one of them - the late Charles Honorton.
		As Hyman must know as well as the entire parapsychology community knows, since 1991 several independent laboratories have produced similar results, with a total (by 1997) of 2,549 Ganzfeld sessions in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Cornell University, the Rhine Research Center, Gothenburg and Utrecht.
		Incidentally, one wonders why neither Hyman nor Skolnick made any mention in their articles of the six patients Natasha had examined before attempting her diagnosis-matching, to the obvious satisfaction of at least five of them.
	www.skepticalinvestigations.org /observer/X-ray_sequel.htm (1496 words)

	Ray Hyman Q&A
		If there's really nothing to dowsing, I'm curious why it has been practiced around the world for hundreds of years and why people, like the ski lodge operators on the show, would put money on the line based on a worthless prediction.
		If you are interested in pursuing this further you might find a copy of the book by Vogt and Hyman WATER WITCHING USA to see how we try to explain the persistence of this belief.
		Today dowsing is probably taken more seriously in Western Europe than it is in the U.S.A. The German government has supported the use of dowsing to locate "Earth Rays" which are alleged to be a health hazard.
	www.pbs.org /safarchive/3_ask/archive/qna/3282_rhyman.html (3382 words)

	[No title]
		His copilot, First Officer Ray Hyman, glanced at the readout, studied the numbers and mumbled, "Confirmed." "Coffee time," Holton smiled, checking his watch.
		Ray unbuckled himself and stood, moving quickly to the door and unlocking it.
		Ray got back into his seat slowly, buckling in.
	www.sonic.net /drambo/novels/u201.txt (4817 words)

	Letter to the editor of Skeptical Inquirer
		Ray Hyman's review of Gary Schwartz's book is well worth reading–very carefully.
		Perhaps Hyman was simply ignorant of the facts he omitted.
		In fact, Hyman's ignoring his own advice exemplifies pseudoscience, because he corrupted "scientific principles and standards of rationality" by pretending to apply them to a non-scientific objective.
	www.enformy.com /SI-lettertoeditor.htm (578 words)

	How People Are Fooled by Ideomotor Action
		Ray Hyman, Ph.D. In 1992, I was hired by the state of Oregon as an expert witness in a trial of four chiropractors who had been accused of using a "Toftness-like device" in their practices.
		Hyman R. Cold reading: how to convince strangers that you know all about them.
		Hyman is a profesor of psychology at te University of Oregon.
	www.quackwatch.org /01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ideomotor.html (7114 words)

	Evaluations
		In 1972, Ray Hyman was sent to SRI to evaluate Uri Geller on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA, now ARPA).
		Reportedly, director Hal Puthoff would not let Hyman observe actual experiments, so Hyman conducted his own, and then concluded that the controls were too weak.
		The committee investigating the latter was led by Ray Hyman.
	www.mindcontrolforums.com /hambone/evaluations.html (819 words)

	Who's Who of Media Skeptics
		Hyman pursues two critical agendas: as a scientific, technical critic and as a prosecutor arguing the case against the legitimacy of parapsychology.
		Hyman's own involvement in research seems to have been minimal, giving him a distinct advantage in the rhetorical arena.
		For a detailed exposition of Dr Hyman's work, see George P. Hansen's article The Elusive Agenda from which this summary is taken with the kind permission of the author.
	www.skepticalinvestigations.org /whoswho (4908 words)

	Luigi Garlaschelli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ray Hyman, Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of Oregon in Eugene, has been a leading figure in the skeptical movement since CSICOP and Skeptical Inquirer magazine were first conceived.
		He has published several books and articles on topics within the field and is the creator of The Skeptic's Toolbox - a weekend summer workshop sponsored by the Center for Inquiry Institute and offering invaluable guidance to paranormal investigators.
		Hyman is a cognitive psychologist whose research and writings have focused on why smart people can seem so stupid.
	www.cicap.org /congress/hyman.html (134 words)

	bc skeptics \| 2002: How Not to Test a Medium
		The BC Skeptics and the public are invited to see Ray Hyman and Jerry Andrus on Friday afternoon as well, but for those who are not free during the day, Jerry and Ray will remain at SFU's Halpern Centre for a return engagement on Friday evening.
		Ray will be elaborating on themes discussed in his Friday afternoon presentation to the SFU Psychology Department (and, if coaxed, will most likely demonstrate some of the magic effects he has created that have earned him laudatory write-ups in several of the leading professional magicians' journals).
		Jerry is a fellow of CSICOP and has been a faculty member, along with James Alcock, Barry Beyerstein, Loren Pankratz, and Wallace Sampson, at each of Ray Hyman's Skeptics' Toolbox symposia at the University of Oregon.
	www.bcskeptics.info /calendar/2002.11.08b.html (337 words)

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