Have Scientists Finally Discovered Evidence for Psychic Phenomena?!

Dr. Bem, a social psychologist at Cornell University, conducted a series of studies that will soon be published in one of the most prestigious psychology journals (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Across nine experiments, Bem examined the idea that our brain has the ability to not only reflect on past experiences, but also anticipate future experiences. This ability for the brain to "see into the future" is often referred to as psi phenomena.

Psychiatrists and cognitive neuroscientists not only fail to stem the tide of mentally unbalanced supervillains that Batman fights, but often end up becoming villains themselves. That depiction may work so well because people often do feel uneasy around their head shrinks. [Related: Superhero or Supervillain: Which Lurks Inside You?]

"The fact is that therapists are pretty creepy people," said Daniel Debowy, a psychiatrist at North Suffolk Community Mental Health in Boston and a self-described Batman fan.

Psychiatrists have also had a rocky relationship with comic books in the past, Debowy pointed out. He argued that the harsh treatment of psychiatry at the hands of Batman writers actually reflects payback for how psychiatrists demonized comic books during the 1950s.