A psychic is a person who has the abilities of extra-sensory perception, such as clairvoyance, psychometry, premonition and precognition, or other paranormal abilities such as psychokinesis. The study of such paranormal abilities is called parapsychology a>.
The issue of whether or not psychic abilities actually exist is still controversial within science; however, recent polls do show a high instance of support amongst scientists and academics. [1] parapsychologist s have scientifically studied psychic abilities for over a century, and many have claimed that belief in some psychic abilities may be scientifically plausible. For instance, parapsychologists such as Dean Radin of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, claim that psychokinetic alteration of the output of random number generators is scientifically well-founded.