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Psionics.
Psionics is a broad category of alleged psychic abilities that includes telepathy, psychokinesis, pyrokinesis, and others.[1][not in citation given] The term comes from psi ('psyche') and the -onics from electronics (machine).[1][2]Parapsychology is a pseudoscience that began around 1889 and aims to study psionics and other supernatural claims.[3][page needed] There is no scientific evidence that psionic abilities exist.[4]
Psionic abilities appear frequently in science fiction and provide characters with supernatural abilities.[5]John W. Campbell, an editor of a science fiction magazine, became excited about fringe science,[6] and went on to define psionics as "engineering applied to the mind".[7] His encouragement of psionics led author Murray Leinster and others to write stories such as The Psionic Mousetrap.[6]