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Anecdotal evidence of psychic abilities; any 'readers' out there?
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:54 PM
CHRISISALL
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:09 PM
HERO
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:13 PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:46 PM
JADEHAND
Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:16 AM
CITIZEN
Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:45 AM
HKCAVALIER
Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:00 AM
KNIBBLET
Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:59 AM
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RUXTON
Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:25 AM
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Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:04 PM
THATWEIRDGIRL
Quote:Originally posted by HKCavalier: I want to know why I'll turn on the t.v. and I'll catch the exact same scene of a movie I've never watched all the way through every single time. Or why I'll turn on a t.v. show I've watched only once before and it will be exactly the same episode I saw the first time, and then it'll happen again the third time.
Friday, September 16, 2005 12:56 PM
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PIFFLE101
Friday, September 16, 2005 8:51 PM
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SHINY4004
Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:42 PM
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Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:07 PM
CANTTAKESKY
Monday, September 19, 2005 11:15 AM
Monday, September 19, 2005 6:50 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: And psychic phenomena is an area that science is almost afraid of, due to it's inability to examine under laboratory conditions.
Monday, September 19, 2005 9:23 PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:35 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:Originally posted by canttakesky: He can find places he doesn't know--without a map--he'll just know where to turn.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 5:49 AM
CUNKNOWN
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by CUnknown: Saying that they would be hesitant or even scared of studying such an extremely interesting (and highly useful!) topic as psychic abilities gravely underestimates the willingness of scientists to explore new areas.
Quote: The problem is that there isn't a phenomenon here to study.
Quote: Science could make it it's business to investigate and disprove psyhcic claims (and other paranormal claims, for that matter), but being honest, it's not worth the time or the taxpayer's money. If there was a real phenomenon here, you can be sure that scientists would be investigating it.
Quote:I'm sure the same could be done for any paranormal or psychic phenomenon you care to name.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:00 AM
Quote:Originally posted by CUnknown: Using the scientific method, he was exposed as a hoax and his following eventually disapeared. I'm sure the same could be done for any paranormal or psychic phenomenon you care to name.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:03 AM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:47 AM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:56 AM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by HKCavalier: Consciousness is believed to define the "subjective" and the material world is said to define the "objective."...then so-called objective reality has habits and opinions and interests of its own that interfere with scientific inquiry at every turn...
Quote:Science may not be afraid, but psychic phenomena definitely threaten science as we know it at its core.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:32 AM
Quote:Originally posted by CUnknown: There is a famous example of psychic abilities being disproved back in the 1800's (I think). The guy's name was Mesmer and he had this whole cult of people following him--he was famous enough that a group of prominent scientists (including Benjamin Franklin, if I remember right) got interested in him and his "abilities." Using the scientific method, he was exposed as a hoax and his following eventually disapeared. I'm sure the same could be done for any paranormal or psychic phenomenon you care to name.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:27 PM
MILAGROISALL
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:55 PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:32 PM
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Ruxton: Cavalier, you said: "Science, by its nature, relies on a psychically empty, inanimate world on the other side of our five senses. Science may not be afraid, but psychic phenomena definitely threaten science as we know it at its core." I agree. That was very well written, as was all of your post. However, you implied something to which I take exception, and that is: "...the universe tends to show what it wants to show--and to whom."
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:32 PM
Quote:Seems that there are two viewpoints that are miles apart; the world is alive and we are inextricably bound to it all-spirit, matter, thought, and heart OR the world is not alive and through our intellect we can make sense out of it all.
Quote:It makes me so angry that ignorance like yours is the norm in the western world; that you can waltz in here with your false certainty and label someone like Knibblet a charlatan or a fool and not realize that you're simply carrying on the work of Popes and inquisitors and despots throughout history.
Quote:P.S: Sorry, to come off all harsh like this, but I'd really like you to think twice before you post this kind of insensitive and ignorant attack in the future. My intent is not that you censor yourself, but that you be mindful of the emotional violence you may commit and post without reflexively discounting highly personal information people have been generous enough to share with you. HKCavalier
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by CUnknown: I wasn't attacking anyone. I certainly won't let you bully me into silence by using charged phrases like "emotional violence." Try again.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:39 AM
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