But the work in parapsychology does more than refute materialism. It is more, too, than a new method of solving problems. There are, at least, still other definite implications and possibilities. Since this new science has penetrated the physical barrier that has hidden man's true nature from the scientists of the past, it has literally become the science of the spiritual aspect of nature.

Parapsychological investigations tend to undermine [the] “physicalist” view of the world and, thus, to remove one of the obstacles to religious belief […]. Parapsychological research seems to reveal a world in which it is more reasonable to suppose that God and the supernatural play a part.

Often our brains can mislead us, and can lead us to believe that we have had a paranormal experience even when no such thing has happened. Indeed, even if there is no such thing as a paranormal phenomenon, human information processing works in such a way that we are all likely from time to time to have experiences that seem for all the world to be paranormal.

Not only have [parapsychologists] failed to discover significant new facts, but by nagging away at the few facts they thought were already in the bag, they have slowly but surely taken away the credibility even from those.