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Four steps of modern skepticism


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    No Replies

Laird, 2020-04-29, 06:57 AM


  1. Question: How could this be wrong?
  2. Hypothesise: This - some given thing/scenario/reason, no matter how unlikely, implausible, and unsupported by evidence - is how it could be wrong.
  3. Reason: That, then, is why it [i]i


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Jeffrey Mishlove interviewed by a hardscore skeptic


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    18 Replies

Ninshub, 2020-04-29, 03:02 AM

A friendly enough discussion/debate from March: Is Parapsychology Real?

The host's remarks and questions can be a bit naive at times, but it still leads to interesting exchanges:




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Open Science


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

Brian, 2020-04-28, 07:14 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/scien...ation.html


"The system is hidebound, expensive and elitist, they say.

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The role of speculation in science


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    4 Replies

Brian, 2020-04-28, 03:19 PM

https://magazine.krieger.jhu.edu/2018/11...eculation/


“Bayesian evidence is anything that increases the probability of your theory,” Achinstein explains. “It’s a crazy idea. And it’s a dangerous idea.

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Medical personnel on reddit describe their paranormal experiences


General paranormal phenomena forum    2 Replies

Ninshub, 2020-04-28, 02:05 AM

30 Doctors And Nurses Open Up About The Paranormal Experiences They’ve Had At The Hospital

By Updated April 25, 2020

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U.S. Navy releases 3 UFO videos


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Ninshub, 2020-04-28, 01:50 AM

From Tom Binnall at Coast to Coast, April 27, 2020:

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The Department of Defense has officially released the three videos of unidentified flying objects which have captivated the UF

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Poltergeist phenomena and the history of science


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2020-04-26, 09:35 PM

Historian Andreas Sommer has a new video piece:


[i]In this video & and its sequel, we are trying not to validate nor debunk, but to understand why scientists have believed & disbelieved in alleged "poltergeist" p

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Redditors Using Astral Projection to Escape Quarantine


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Ninshub, 2020-04-26, 09:28 PM

Meet The Redditors Using Astral Projection to Escape Quarantine

[i]Paranormal enthusiasts say they're using out-of-body experiences to infiltrate forbidden spaces—including

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"Alien" film actor's alien visitation experiences


UFO/UAP forum    No Replies

Ninshub, 2020-04-24, 01:20 AM

Mysterious Universe has an article about one of the actors in the classic 1979 film, Alien, Yaphet Kotto, and the UFO-alien experiences he had.

[url=https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/04/the-alien-actor-who-says-he-has-constantly-been-visited-by-aliens/][b]The ‘Alien’ Actor Who Says He ha

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My final (tentative) position


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Brian, 2020-04-23, 12:16 PM

1. I am a fully believing christian - not entirely fundamentalist and not entirely orthodox - that will never change.
2. Weird shit happens and nobody really knows why.  Our views are coloured more by preference than logic.
3. Psi occurs as a rare, spontaneous and irrelevant effect and nobody has

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