-by Cap’n Casper

I really hate to write this post, but I’ve seen too much erroneous information presented both on the web and in print to let it go any longer. There seems to be a serious misunderstanding regarding the actual method of operation of IR thermometers, so let’s clear the air! Read more »

-cap’n casper, founder of KCPR

‘Ghost Hunters’, ‘Paranormal State’, and ‘Hauntings’. These are just a few of the cable programs centered around modern interest in the paranormal. In recent years, the rise of public concern with regards to the paranormal has skyrocketed not unlike the spiritual movement during the turn of the twentieth century. The last couple of decades have given birth to a ‘new-age’ unlike any other. Amidst growing concerns about the welfare of the planet, the animal kingdom, and humanity in general many people have turned to spirituality and mysticism as a means of making sense of current events. This attention has begun to diminish even further the serious nature of true paranormal research. Many of the cable programs and psychics currently in the mainstream are doing nothing to prove to academia the validity of what earnest researchers are trying to accomplish in the field. Read more »