(2017-10-12, 10:59 AM)Stan Woolley Wrote: [ -> ]I voted 'other' because none of the other options totally 'fit the bill'.
I guess it's complicated. 
It's basically a mix of things.
Yes it felt a bit like being asked “have you stopped beating your partner - yes or no”.
A mix of the third and forth options - so, "other."
(2017-10-12, 12:06 AM)chuck Wrote: [ -> ]Well I think there is a difference between entertaining an idea of something that "might" be true and believing something as part of the worldview created by, I guess the ego. How do we really tease out what we believe at rock bottom? Do you think that facing death either through illness or near sudden death brings out a person's true ideas about how they "really" think about the nature of reality? I think a lot of people give ideas lip service but when the rubber meets the road, things may be different.
I don't disagree...but if I put "why do you entertain the idea that psi might be true?", then someone will tell me that they don't, they 'know' it to be true, and so on.
How we tease out what we believe at rock bottom would make an interesting thread, I think.
Linda
Thank you to everyone who voted and/or took the time to give their thoughts.
A bit late to the party, but I think it might make the world we live in a much more interesting place.
(2017-10-13, 11:26 AM)Max_B Wrote: [ -> ]I have an aversion to the label, so never mention it. I'd rather just describe the actual phenomena I find interesting, and why I believe such phenomena will probably need to be understood differently.
Thank you.
So labels and any reference to how these are understood aside, the question would be "why do you find these phenomena interesting"?
(2017-10-13, 01:37 PM)fls Wrote: [ -> ]Thank you.
So labels and any reference to how these are understood aside, the question would be "why do you find these phenomena interesting"?
I'm afraid it still doesn't make much sense to ask a question about why people find something "interesting" and then make them jump a series of hurdles labelled "strongly compelling" (even if the last one is merely "compelling" for some reason).
A combination of the offered options and I lean toward philosophical positions that make Psi possible to incredibly likely - Immaterialism as an answer to Subjectivity/Intentionality/Rationality, Anti-Mechanistic, Consciousness as Carrier of Causation, & "Classical" Theism (God as Universal Intellect & Prime Mover specifically).