▁under ▁controlled ▁conditions . ▁G eller ' s ▁reputation ▁rest ed ▁largely ▁on ▁he ars ay ▁rather ▁than ▁direct ▁observation . ▁ ▁G eller ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁world wide ▁fame ▁for ▁performing ▁acts ▁such ▁as ▁sp oon ▁b ending , ▁ ▁and ▁a port ations ▁for ▁both ▁television ▁and ▁live ▁aud ien ces , ▁at ▁times ▁offering ▁Put hoff ▁and ▁T arg ' s ▁evaluation ▁as ▁subst anti ation ▁of ▁his ▁ab ilities . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁in ▁Nature ▁Pub lished ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Nature , ▁the ▁article ▁" Information ▁transmission ▁under ▁conditions ▁of ▁sens ory ▁shield ing " ▁had ▁been ▁circul ating ▁among ▁scientific ▁journ als ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁ ▁Although ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁rejected ▁multiple ▁times ▁by ▁other ▁journ als , ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁Nature ▁accepted ▁the ▁paper ▁simply ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁of ▁work ▁currently ▁being ▁done ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁par aps ych ology . ▁Far ▁from ▁end ors ing ▁the ▁conclus ions ▁reached ▁by ▁the ▁S RI ▁research ers , ▁the ▁editor ▁stated ▁plain ly ▁in ▁a ▁length y ▁opinion ▁piece ▁that ▁ran ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁publishing ▁issue : ▁" Pub lish ing ▁in ▁a ▁scientific ▁journal ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁process ▁of ▁receiving ▁a ▁se al ▁of ▁appro val ▁from ▁the ▁establishment ". ▁The ▁editor ▁then ▁enumer ated ▁the ▁ob jections ▁against ▁publication ▁vo iced ▁by ▁the ▁ref ere es . ▁ ▁These ▁ob jections ▁included ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁substant ive