Joe Rogan Experience #2548 - Brian Simpson · Aired Sep 1, 2026
Claim summary · not a verbatim quotation
An Alexa device successfully remote viewed a spoon that had a handle with holes in it.
The finding
What the evidence shows
This traces back to physicist Tom Campbell's personal story about putting a wooden spoon with a carved, hole filled handle in a box and asking Alexa what was inside, which he says it described correctly. There was no controlled test, no independent witness, and no record of the failed attempts that came before it, just one man retelling his own experience. Calling that a proven case of a device remote viewing an object overstates a single unverified anecdote as an established result.
Read the supporting source · judithdehaan.substack.com ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that an Alexa device successfully remote viewed a spoon that had a handle with holes in it?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. This traces back to physicist Tom Campbell's personal story about putting a wooden spoon with a carved, hole filled handle in a box and asking Alexa what was inside, which he says it described correctly. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2548 - Brian Simpson, aired Sep 1, 2026, at 2:38:44. The supporting source is judithdehaan.substack.com, linked below.
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