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Traditionally, Psi phenomena have been classified into telepathy (mind-tomind communication), clairvoyance (knowledge of distant events or conditions), precognition (knowledge of the future), and psychokinesis (mind over matter). However, these categories and descriptions are now well out of date, misleading, and arguably an impediment to greater understanding. From decades of experimental exploration, it has become increasingly clear that these categories are not clearly separable, and are in fact manifestations of a deeper reality yet to be fully appreciated. Important properties of Psi, strongly suggested by the evidence, include Space/distance independence Time/order independence (clairvoyance vs. precognition) Complexity independence (goal orientation) Experimenter effect (belief, audience) Selectivity (which target?), both sensing and affecting Small effects (in principle?) Perhaps the most shocking and perplexing—and thus the most pregnant— characteristic of Psi is its apparent independence of time as well as space. Experimentally, for example, it does not seem to matter much whether a remote viewing takes place before, during, or after the viewed event, whether nearby or at a great distance (Radin, 1997a,b). Persistent evidence suggests strongly that thinking about these phenomena in terms of the usual notions of cause and effect is not likely to yield new insights—and may in fact be the major impediment to a deeper understanding.