Purpose of Skeptic vs Proponent Discussions Forum

tim · tim 2017-09-10, 06:12 PM

(2017-08-18, 05:55 PM)E. Flowers Wrote: By the time that Linda was ousted, she was an M.D., OBEr, that could manufacture her own textiles, knew everything about ancient fabrics and could summon lucid dreams... Clearly the most interesting woman in the world. ;-)

She was/is truly remarkable. I particularly admired her attempted debunking of the Pam Reynolds case (sorry Chuck) by making comparisons between Pam's recollections (when she had no brain function) and memory data derived from Eric Kandle's sea slugs.

tim · tim 2017-09-10, 06:18 PM

(2017-08-25, 10:41 PM)Steve001 Wrote: So am I chuck.

No, you're Steve 001. Sorry Steve I know you're not speaking to me but couldn't resist that.

E. Flowers · E. Flowers 2017-09-10, 07:43 PM

(2017-09-10, 04:53 PM)DaveB Wrote: I certainly did not ban Arouet.

Alex has a different way of banning people, intended to let them contact him for a short discussion before they are able to post anything further - this type of banning does not show on the forum. However, it would seem that Arouet last posted in March, long before the recent rumpus, so I very much doubt if he is banned in any way. I hope he remains well.

David

I still don't know what happened to him... But since he registered here and has yet to comment, it's probably a personal choice.

E. Flowers · E. Flowers 2017-09-10, 07:46 PM

(2017-09-10, 06:12 PM)tim Wrote: She was/is truly remarkable. I particularly admired her attempted debunking of the Pam Reynolds case (sorry Chuck) by making comparisons between Pam's recollections (when she had no brain function) and memory data derived from Eric Kandle's sea slugs.

Well, I suppose you can't say that her arguments lack peculiarity.

***Ninshub*** · ***Ninshub*** 2017-09-10, 08:14 PM Administrator

(2017-09-10, 07:43 PM)E. Flowers Wrote: I still don't know what happened to him... But since he registered here and has yet to comment, it's probably a personal choice.

Arouet is here and has posted.

E. Flowers · E. Flowers 2017-09-10, 09:02 PM

(2017-09-10, 08:14 PM)Ninshub Wrote: Arouet is here and has posted.

So it is. Why only once, though?

DaveB · DaveB 2017-09-17, 06:54 PM

(2017-09-10, 06:12 PM)tim Wrote: She was/is truly remarkable. I particularly admired her attempted debunking of the Pam Reynolds case (sorry Chuck) by making comparisons between Pam's recollections (when she had no brain function) and memory data derived from Eric Kandle's sea slugs.

The problem is to attract reasonable sceptical viewpoints. I decided on Skeptiko that the real problem is that thoughtful sceptics are few and far between. People either:

1)    Steer clear of ψ-related issues.

2)    Become interested and are usually persuaded by some of the phenomena.

3)    Find the very idea of ψ an affront to their scientific view of life, and don't play very nice with everyone else.

David