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Unexplained phenomena


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Scientific anomalies
Anomalous phenomena
Inexplicable phenomena
Telepathy
Homeopathy
Radiesthesia
Water divining
Extrasensory perception
Prediction
Astrology
Fortean phenomena
Mysteries
Broader Problems:
Inhibited scientific investigation
Narrower Problems:
Ghosts
Evil eye
Psychic surgery
Inauspicious conditions
Unidentified flying objects
Spontaneous human combustion
Large-scale weather anomalies
Demonic and spirit possession
Unscientific medical treatments
Unexplained livestock mutilation
Non-recognition of health problems by the medical profession
Unexplained appearances and disappearances of persons and objects
Related Problems:
Magic
Demons
Offensive microwave weapons
Aggravates:
Fraud
Superstition
Misjudgement
Pseudoscience
Supernaturalism
Medical quackery
Religious superstition
Exorcism as a superstition
Scientific explanations of phenomena
Procrastination of science in the face of the unexplained
Apophenia
Strategies:
Divining the future
Explaining phenomena
Studying anomalous phenomena
Addressing incomplete state of the sciences
Subject(s):
Health Care → Naturopathy, holistic medicine
Religious Practice → Divination
Psychology → Psychology
Policy-making → Future
Individuation → Parapsychology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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