Why did you stop watching?
The Fade. My Presumption.
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, avril 02 2012 08:48
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#27
Posté 18 avril 2012 - 07:07
Sir Pounce-a-lot
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Filament wrote...
No, I didn't say, "Anything is possible EXCEPT THIS." That guy's point that things we used to think were magical fantasy are now reality is true enough. But that doesn't mean I'm going to automatically assume we all have ESP. I'll believe it when there's solid proof for it, but anecdotal evidence and generously interpreted psychic-speak are not, to me, "solid proof."
That guy's pictures and descriptions are unconvincing at best. Wow, he drew a circle and a line, and there's a hexagonal building that could be construed as circular if we really wanted to be generous, he must have really seen that. Then there's that 'sense of intimacy' thing, which sounds exactly like what I'm talking about. The professor's looking back through the history of that desk to find something, anything that conforms to the remote viewer's prediction because he wants to believe the remote viewer is right. classic confirmation bias. And the description given didn't sound anything like the picture of the tornado shown. That's when I stopped watching, sorry.
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Posté 19 avril 2012 - 06:39
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My eyes are open to that which can be demonstrated. It's fine believing something that can't be demonstrated, but I understand that to be a matter of faith, not science.
I stopped watching because the way he linked vague at best, or plain inaccurate at worst, descriptions to the tornado picture, and then had the audacity to say "could it get any clearer than that?" (um, yes), made it hard to take anything else he said seriously. There's a lot of junk science out there.
I stopped watching because the way he linked vague at best, or plain inaccurate at worst, descriptions to the tornado picture, and then had the audacity to say "could it get any clearer than that?" (um, yes), made it hard to take anything else he said seriously. There's a lot of junk science out there.
#29
Posté 19 avril 2012 - 07:09
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I can't demonstrate that my cat loves me, but there's evidence she does. My thinking she loves me is a form of reasonable conjecture.
The problem with out of body experiences is that there's no evidence that they happen and that it contradicts our best theory of mind. The US Government has spent a not inconsiderable about of time and energy studying ESP but found nothing to support it. They would have people who claimed to be able to astral project sleep/meditate in a room and tell them to they needed to describe the contents of the next room over. No one was able to do so.
The problem with out of body experiences is that there's no evidence that they happen and that it contradicts our best theory of mind. The US Government has spent a not inconsiderable about of time and energy studying ESP but found nothing to support it. They would have people who claimed to be able to astral project sleep/meditate in a room and tell them to they needed to describe the contents of the next room over. No one was able to do so.
#30
Posté 20 avril 2012 - 01:13
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Debating with so-called skeptics is pointless. I've tried it before, and it's akin to beating my head against the wall. It's not much different than debating with a religious fundamentalist. I'll save myself the trouble and leave this thread, since dogmatism is immune to facts, evidence, and reason.
