Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
*Should scientists investigate phenomena that seem impossible?*
Alex Gómez-Marín argues that extrasensory perception deserves careful scientific study, describing his research on extraocular vision and why exploring unlikely ideas can sometimes reveal important discoveries.
0:00 Why Study the Impossible?
0:38 Why Alex Studies ESP
2:19 What Is Extrasensory Perception?
3:13 Investigating Extraocular Vision
4:52 Why Scientists Should Explore the Unknown
5:28 Testing Extraocular Vision Scientifically
6:55 Balancing Skepticism and Open-Mindedness
*Alex Gómez-Marín* is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time in inert systems, to the neurobiology of action-perception in living organisms such as flies, worms, mice, and humans.
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*Should scientists investigate phenomena that seem impossible?*
Alex Gómez-Marín argues that extrasensory perception deserves careful scientific study, describing his research on extraocular vision and why exploring unlikely ideas can sometimes reveal important discoveries.
0:00 Why Study the Impossible?
0:38 Why Alex Studies ESP
2:19 What Is Extrasensory Perception?
3:13 Investigating Extraocular Vision
4:52 Why Scientists Should Explore the Unknown
5:28 Testing Extraocular Vision Scientifically
6:55 Balancing Skepticism and Open-Mindedness
*Alex Gómez-Marín* is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time in inert systems, to the neurobiology of action-perception in living organisms such as flies, worms, mice, and humans.
*More from Alex Gómez-Marín on Closer To Truth:*
* Closer To Truth: The Podcast: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_
* Alex Gómez-Marín | Closer To Truth: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pJiQ2-LdDF7ZNNw2YXEf-RU
* Closer To Truth contributors: closertotruth.com/contributor/alex-gomez-marin
*Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV
*Join the Community:*
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* X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth
Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
#CloserToTruth #Consciousness #AlexGomezMarin #ESP #Parapsychology
