> On 25 May 2019, at 17:12, Tomasz Rola <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:25:16AM -0500, howardmarks wrote: > [...] >> >> In 20 years, Randi's team couldn't find one person that could >> perform under any conditions - and PSICOP, ditto, for 100 years. And >> then, there's Michael Shermer's work, Hyman's, etc. >> Cheers! Howard > > This is not a sarcasm, but it may sound like it: perhaps, those > researchers should train their methodolody on something that should be > much easier, like, say, proving existence of romantic love? In a lab, > with cameras etc. And, of course, give a prize to those who can > successfully demonstrate it on themselves. > > Maybe proper testing is hard.
That is why the (serious) scientist will just claim that he did not find evidence for telepathy, and never clued from this that telepathy does not exist. To make an experience showing that telepathy does not exist would be much harder. It might be proved, though, in *some* metaphysical theory, which might or not be indirectly confirmed or refuted. The problem here is that most scientists concluding they have tested telepathy positively have up to now been shown having loopholes in their protocol, when they were not just abused by a magician, like some confessed later. Then, a bit like with free-will of god, some people gives definition of such concept which can only be rejected as non-sensical, or based on premise which directly contradicts our better theory, like when people described telepathy as instantaneous action at a distance, which would require even more sophisticated experimental protocols which do not yet exist. The problem is only when people stop to doubt, and talk like if they knew the truth. That is both unscientific, and even un-religious (arguably). Bruno > > -- > Regards, > Tomasz Rola > > -- > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** > ** ** > ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/20190525151237.GA5141%40tau1.ceti.pl. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/78BF9A54-C935-4693-87AD-0A3A94D9BAC7%40ulb.ac.be.
