>[!citation] >Alcock, J. (2011, January 6). Back from the future: Parapsychology and the Bem affair. *Skeptical Inquirer, 35*(2). https://skepticalinquirer.org/2011/03/back-from-the-future-parapsychology-and-the-bem-affair/ >[!abstract] >The publication of this set of experiments will serve no one well. Parapsychology is not honored by having this paper accepted by a mainstream psychology journal. Neither does [[Bem, 2011|Bem’s paper]] serve the public well, for it only adds to confusion about the scientific case for the existence of psi. And it does no service to the reputation of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Although Bem has failed to demonstrate the existence of mysterious intellectual powers that defy the normal constraints of time and space, there seem nonetheless to have been mysterious intellectual powers at play here. I refer to the decision by the editors of an esteemed psychology journal to publish this badly flawed research article.