> Stephen Black wrote:
>
> >I'd say that the biggest challenge is keeping the pseudoscience out of
> psychology
except that I'm happy to accept Jim Clark's emendation
that it's _removing_ the pseudoscience as well as keeping it out
that's important
Then on Sat, 19 Feb 2000, John Ballard wrote:
> I'd argue that the biggest challenge is not "throwing the baby out with the
> bathwater". Anomalous psychological phenomena, such as clairvoyance and
> precognition, occur. The pursuit of knowledge is not vested in the blind
> skepticism of CSICOP but rather in the healthy skepticism of inquiry and the
> scientific method.
I'm happy to accept at least the last part of this as well. Only I'd
strike everything prior to "but rather in the healthy skepticism of
inquiry and the scientific method". As long as we stick to that,
psychology will survive the next millennium. But that good advice from
John is incompatible with his bold assertion that precognition and
clairvoyance occur. Let's let those who are so inclined investigate.
But it does seem a tad premature to declare that the results are in
and the question settled.
-Stephen
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