That would be me fighting the good fight against pseudoscience, more exactly paranormal in this case, during my PhD few years back during a science day.
Yeah - Telekinesis is contentious for you right there. It would've been much easier to take a topic like homopathy, or quantum theory that also have a lot of unprovable stuff. Hey, by that measure , even gravitational waves was a pseudo-science for 60 years till last September 2015.
That would be me fighting the good fight against pseudoscience, more exactly paranormal in this case, during my PhD few years back during a science day. I have a vid of me faking a telekinetic supernatural talent.
U cant imagine the number of weirdos we talked too.
(zététique wld be a french equivalent of skeptic science)
Yeah - Telekinesis is contentious for you right there. It would've been much easier to take a topic like homopathy, quantum theory that also have a lot of unprovable stuff. Hey, even gravitational waves was a pseudo-science for 60 years till last September 2015.
Homeopathy vs. quantum theory vs. general relativity ? You had me there for a moment 
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Yeah - Telekinesis is contentious for you right there. It would've been much easier to take a topic like homopathy, or quantum theory that also have a lot of unprovable stuff. Hey, by that measure , even gravitational waves was a pseudo-science for 60 years till last September 2015.
Simply relying on absence of proof to dissaprove is not a worthy proof - who said that again?
i m ok to keep an open mind, but no : proof is up to the one who claim. Then skeptics or anybody else can dismiss the claim by pointing the flaws or running another experiment.
If there s no proof, there s nothing to dissaprove. (so i guess we agree)
And NO, homeopathy wld have dragued us in series of impossible discussion with firm believers. We allready had some people refusing to believe we were faking. U might have been sarcastic there though
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A good example is to proof that something like wind actually exists. It can't be proven hence it doesn't exist. Simple as that
Poe's law in effect huh?
"Absence of proof is not proof of absence". William Cowper
A good example is to proof that something like wind actually exists. It can't be proven hence it doesn't exist. Simple as that
explain windmills
"Absence of proof is not proof of absence". William Cowper
A good example of this quote is : to proof that something like wind actually exists. It can't be proven hence it doesn't exist. Simple as that
Explain windchimes.
Explain kites.
Explain tornadoes.
1) On a windless day - there is nothing to proofexplain windmills
Inductive vs deductive
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That would be me fighting the good fight against pseudoscience, more exactly paranormal in this case, during my PhD few years back during a science day. I have a vid of me faking a telekinetic supernatural talent.
U cant imagine the number of weirdos we talked too.
(zététique wld be a french equivalent of skeptic science)
Thank you. You helped make the world a better place.
And Loufi, I don't have a ring finger. I cut it off.
... Jokes aside, the topic is actually a very important one, I feel. Pseudoscience has the potential to become an utter disaster for humanity, and should be fought wherever and whenever it arises.
Fight me IRL Al. Those zeteticians ***holes are the worst. I'm always amazed by people who tell you what is possible and what is impossible, at a point in our development where we basically don't understand anything about how our universe works and where 95% of its components are unknown in the standard model of physics. Those "skepticals" (to stay polite) are basically like those very serious scientists in the 19th century who told the first aviators that they were wasting their time, because there was no way such heavy machines could ever fly. They have the imagination of a pea, and would like everybody to think like them. The over-materialism we're living in into our werstern societies is doing way more damage than any "pseudoscience" will ever do.
A part of my anger against stubborn scientists comes from the fact that I'm what we call in France a "magnetizer" (it might be called "mesmerist" in some countries). I can heal people with my hands, a good number of times without even touching them. This is a form of telekinesy. Off the record, doctors admit our efficiency and hospitals call our services, and yet a magnetizer can be prosecuted. Thankfully, some countries are more reasonable : magnetizers are officially recognized in Italy, Switzerland, Germany or Great Britain. The scientists in those countries don't know exactly what energy is mobilized, but they aknowledge the fact that we cure people (in many cases with better results and less agressive methods than the standard medicine). This is how science should work : recording the facts, without trying first to make them enter into a series of hypotheses or ignoring them when they don't fit in the dominant theory. Alas the later is how work too many scientists nowadays, fearing for their reputation or their financial interests if they start studying "paranormal" topics.
I'm optimistic by nature though so I have the hope that this attitude will change over the years. I feel that the move towards more modesty and acceptance that our comprehension abilities are limited, started a long time ago with relativity and quantum physics, will grow up in the future. Finding a balance between the over-spiritual dogmatism our ancestors have lived in during the middle age and the over-materialism we're experiencing now is definitely the way to go in my opinion.
PS : by the way I can produce more standard telekinetic effects too. Way less spectacular than what we can see in Star Wars (by far !), but I'm able to move a little piece of paper in equilibrium on a needle. But not always, and not exactly how I want, those abilities are pretty unstable. And yeah, I always check that there's no air movement when I practice.
That one's easy....Message:
BOZO CPEY RALH
Cypher:
How can you be in 2 places at once when you are not anywhere at all?
We are all Bozos on this BSN bus
Don't crush that dwarf swarmer, hand me the pliers!
Everything you know is wrong
That one's easy....
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1) On a windless day - there is nothing to proof
2) on a windy day you cannot exclude/proof beyond any doubt that something else in the universe is turning that thing.
Philosophy 101: the difference between inductive reasoning vs deductive reasoning. Whatever argument you'll take for above example will be inductive ...and no 100% certainty
well that's where common sense kicks in for most people
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It was also common sense in the middle-ages that it should be possible to turn lead into gold in your own backyard.well that's where common sense kicks in for most people
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Negative. Help me reel this baby inWelp, adios BTM thread :/
Jesus, the **** happened here.
I can't remember if I posted this before, but my friend captioned it "look at this angry Mass Effect fan," which I think sums me up as a person:
Taken at a cider house. Despite my expression, I was really enjoying the pint in front of me. And I'd just won a few consecutive poker games (no betting involved because I had no cash).
Jesus, the **** happened here.
I can't remember if I posted this before, but my friend captioned it "look at this angry Mass Effect fan," which I think sums me up as a person:
Taken at a cider house. Despite my expression, I was really enjoying the pint in front of me. And I'd just won a few consecutive poker games (no betting involved because I had no cash).
toss me that beer will you , oh grumpy one
also bro lol
So that's the extreme happiness look, then, after an ecstatic win.I can't remember if I posted this before, but my friend captioned it "look at this angry Mass Effect fan," which I think sums me up as a person.
Taken at a cider house. Despite my expression, I was really enjoying the pint in front of me. And I'd just won a few consecutive poker games...
It wasn't free cider, sadly. It cost me $6.50 per pint, and $8ish for the samplers.
Mostly I just don't like being told to smile for pictures. 
well that's where common sense kicks in for most people
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I really like this picture of you, I think it's one of the best ones I've seen of you so far, it's really nice I'd give you more likes for it if I could.
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