> -----Original Message----- > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 3:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: More Crap with John Edward > > I don't like people getting tooken (heh) advantage of any more than > the next guy (hopefully the next guy, well.:) > > But- > > I feel like we jump to discredit, and perhaps go out of our way > to discredit, as in, make up false, discrediting information, the > um, like, ya know -- the mysterious.
"The Mysterious" is around us all the time and perfectly valid. Where is Dark Matter? What started the Big Bang? How are memories REALLY stored in brain tissue? No skeptic tries to discredit the mysterious just because it's mysterious - we discredit it because it's bullshit. And often because it's downright hurtful. > I'm not like, hey, magic and science are separate, or whatever -- > I honestly believe things that people would call magic, probably > have "scientific" explanations. And I also honestly believe, that > there are truths out there that are just mind-blowing. > > To prevent one's mind from being blown, one would naturally > do whatever type of rationalization needed. That's ridiculous. Scientists love (ABSOLUTELY LOVE!) to get "their minds blown" - there's really no other reason to get into science. They just want to be sure that their getting excited over something real. > Like, I'll try to dig up the data on those ESP experiments that > have been done, that if I recall, sorta said that there was *cough* > "incontrovertible evidence" that /something/ was going on, statistic- > wise, as in, most folks have some type of "ESP". There are none. Dig it up - try. ;^) Oh - there are a lot of studies which have been quoted (and will continue to be) but NONE of them have shown anything like "proof". Most need to be eliminated simply because of poor science (single blind instead of double-blind studies, poor test conditions or a failure to predict results). Many need to be because of poor math and others get the boot because of technical issues (as when one major study used a "random number generator" that wasn't really random). > What's that bit about energy conservation or thermodynamic law > or something along doze lines? What is consciousness, man, > and from where does it spring? And to where does it Flow? > Simple stuff, right. That's too close to quantum quackery. The laws of conservation do NOT apply to the mind. It sounds great on paper and might get you laid at the right kind of parties but it's nothing but nonsense. > Science has already shown us that...-- Fucking Wow! Ya know? > > But yeah, that South Park cracked me up, whatever the Real > Truth of the matter is. > > Biggest Douche. Heh. > > But don't discount the mysterious, Jim. The Truth is Out There. All around us - and reality is more gratifying and inspiring than any hokey, made-up crap ever could be! Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
