About this episode
Can the human mind truly see across vast distances without any physical connection? Physicist Russell Targ , co-founder of the government's remote viewing program at Stanford Research Institute, reveals the scientific investigation into psychic abilities that operated for decades within U.S. intelligence agencies. Targ, author of six books on psychic research and current ESP investigator in Palo Alto, discusses how remote viewing was developed and tested under controlled laboratory conditions during the 1970s and 80s. The conversation explores the Fort Meade remote viewing program, training methods for developing psychic abilities, and documented cases where remote viewers successfully described distant locations and events. Targ addresses skepticism by presenting scientific protocols used to validate results and eliminate fraud or chance. He explains how remote viewing differs from other psychic phenomena and why intelligence agencies invested millions in psychic espionage programs. This exploration of consciousness and perception challenges materialist assumptions about the nature of mind and its ability to transcend physical limitations through focused intention and training.