▁article ▁described ▁numerous ▁remote ▁view ing ▁tri als ▁undert aken ▁by ▁G eller ▁and ▁the ▁extraordinary ▁results ▁they ▁had ▁got ten ▁during ▁the ▁six ▁weeks ▁he ▁spent ▁at ▁the ▁labor ator ies . ▁G eller ▁quickly ▁gained ▁not or iety ▁with ▁his ▁apparent ▁g ifts ▁for ▁remote ▁view ing ▁and ▁psych ok ines is — the ▁latter ▁usually ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁b ending ▁or ▁otherwise ▁alter ing ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁metal ▁objects . ▁ ▁This ▁attract ed ▁other ▁scient ists ▁to ▁S RI ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁his ▁ab ilities ▁lived ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁claims . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁research ers ▁was ▁ske ptic ▁Ray ▁H yman , ▁who ▁has ▁written ▁extens ively ▁on ▁both ▁G eller ▁and ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁par aps ych ological ▁research . ▁He ▁sum med ▁up ▁his ▁observations ▁in ▁an ▁address ▁given ▁at ▁Simon ▁F ras er ▁University ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁" It ▁turned ▁out ▁that ▁no ▁one , ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁scient ists ▁there ▁had ▁ever ▁witness ed ▁G eller ▁b ending ▁anything ▁without ▁getting ▁his ▁hands ▁on ▁it ▁first . ▁ ▁And ▁typically , ▁from ▁what ▁I ▁could ▁figure ▁out , ▁he ▁not ▁only ▁had ▁his ▁hands ▁on ▁it ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁disappear ▁into ▁the ▁bath room ▁for ▁a ▁while , ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁ ▁They ▁simply ▁took ▁his ▁word ▁for ▁it ." ▁It ▁seemed ▁that ▁no ▁one , ▁except ing ▁Put hoff ▁and ▁T arg , ▁had ▁actually ▁witness ed ▁G eller ▁successfully ▁exhib iting ▁his ▁ab ilities