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11. Edgar D. Mitchell is the founder of The Institute of Noetic Sciences

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 04:56 PM

Nov 2015

The Institute of Noetic Sciences™, founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research, education, and membership organization whose mission is supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, educational outreach, and engaging a global learning community in the realization of our human potential. “Noetic” comes from the Greek word nous, which means “intuitive mind” or “inner knowing.” IONS™ conducts, sponsors, and collaborates on leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness, exploring phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) members are mostly considered harmless moneyed kooks, but I've come to believe there just may be some there there.

http://noetic.org/

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