Courtney Brown (born 1952) is an American political scientist and parapsychologist who is an associate professor in the

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

department at

Emory University Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...

. He is known for promoting the use of nonlinear mathematics in social scientific research, and as a proponent of

remote viewing Remote viewing (RV) is the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen subject, purportedly sensing with the mind. Typically a remote viewer is expected to give information about an object, event, person or location that is hidden ...

, a form of

extrasensory perception Extrasensory perception or ESP, also called sixth sense, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke Universit ...

. He is the founder of the Farsight Institute which does explorations into the past or future through remote viewings along with exposing secret information.

Applied mathematics

Brown's research in applied mathematics is mostly focused on social science applications of time-dependent models. He has published five peer-reviewed books and numerous articles in applied mathematics. Brown is also a very visible advocate of the use of the

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, both for statistical as well as nonlinear modeling applications in the social sciences.

Remote viewing

Brown learned the basic

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and an advanced technique called the

TM-Sidhi program The Transcendental Meditation technique (abbreviated as TM) is the technique associated with the practice of Transcendental Meditation developed by the Indian spiritual figure Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The practice involves the use of a private m ...

in 1991. He claims to have engaged in "yogic flying" at the Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at

Maharishi University of Management Maharishi International University (MIU), formerly Maharishi University of Management, is a private university in Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded in 1973 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and features a "consciousness-based education" system that includes ...

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in 1992. Brown's

findings have been dismissed by scientists, such as his colleague at Emory University Scott O. Lilienfeld, who has stated that Brown has refused to subject his ideas and his claimed psychic powers to independent scientific testing on what Lilienfeld describes as "curious" grounds. Among a variety of controversial topics, Brown has claimed to apply remote viewing to the study of multiple realities, the nonlinearity of time, planetary phenomena, extraterrestrial life, UFOs,

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, and even

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. According to

Michael Shermer Michael Brant Shermer (born September 8, 1954) is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of ''Skeptic'' magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientifi ...

"The claims in Brown's two books are nothing short of spectacularly weird. Through his numerous SRV sessions he says he has spoken with Jesus and Buddha (both, apparently, are advanced aliens), visited other inhabited planets, time traveled to Mars back when it was fully inhabited by intelligent ETs, and has even determined that aliens are living among us—one group in particular resides underground in New Mexico."

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wrote about Brown's book "Cosmic Voyage" about his remote viewing findings of extraterrestrials, "The only earlier book about UFOs I can think of that is nuttier than this one is

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's 'Inside the Space Ships' (1955)." Robert Baker writing in the ''

Skeptical Inquirer ''Skeptical Inquirer'' is a bimonthly American general-audience magazine published by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) with the subtitle: ''The Magazine for Science and Reason''. Mission statement and goals Daniel Loxton, writing in 2 ...

'' came to the conclusion that Brown's beliefs from remote viewing about alien civilizations is a case of

self-deception Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not rev ...

. Baker, Robert. (1996)
"Scientific Remote Viewing"
Csicop.org. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

Publications

*''Cosmic Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth'' (1996) *''Cosmic Explorers: Scientific Remote Viewing, Extraterrestrials, and a Message for Mankind'' (1999) *''Remote Viewing: The Science and Theory of Nonphysical Perception'' (2005) *''Politics in Music: Music and Political Transformation From Beethoven to Hip-Hop'' (2007) *''Ballots of Tumult: A Portrait of Volatility in American Voting'' (1991) *''Serpents in the Sand: Essays on the Nonlinear Nature of Politics and Human Destiny'' (2007)

References

External links

*

profile at

CIA Stargate Collection
Official military documents, regarding results and experiments on remote viewing. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Courtney 1952 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American parapsychologists American political scientists Emory University faculty Remote viewers