@ Mediochre,
The only part of your rather aggressive post I'm going to deal with is this paragraph:
"Well if you actually want mainstream science to accept this stuff then yes you are going to have to be actually scientific about it. I mean, how can you praise Sam Parnia but then turn around and go "oh well who cares if IANDS has totally biased questionnaires, it's not like anyone takes this stuff seriously" and then also harp on skeptics that they're just being close minded and constantly propping Parnia up as some sort of saviour that will vindicate you in the end?
What do you mean, I'm not being scientific ? And what do you mean that IANDS has (biased) questionnaires. The NDE scale, which is what I was talking about was formulated by Bruce Greyson. He is a member of IANDS of course but that's not the point. The point I was making is that it's not the end of the world if some people's NDE's didn't score enough on the Greyson scale but if you think it is, then fine. Get your knickers in a twist by all means.
As for me harping on sceptics (do you mean harping on about ?) and calling them closed minded, I don't. I only define closed minded people as closed minded (pseudo sceptics)...true sceptics are fine by be.
As for "propping" up Sam Parnia...what does that mean ? Is Sam falling over ? Do you mean supporting his work, yes I do. Is there a problem with that ?
Finally, If you don't like my posts, don't read them.
(This post was last modified: 2018-01-17, 06:51 PM by tim.)
The only part of your rather aggressive post I'm going to deal with is this paragraph:
"Well if you actually want mainstream science to accept this stuff then yes you are going to have to be actually scientific about it. I mean, how can you praise Sam Parnia but then turn around and go "oh well who cares if IANDS has totally biased questionnaires, it's not like anyone takes this stuff seriously" and then also harp on skeptics that they're just being close minded and constantly propping Parnia up as some sort of saviour that will vindicate you in the end?
What do you mean, I'm not being scientific ? And what do you mean that IANDS has (biased) questionnaires. The NDE scale, which is what I was talking about was formulated by Bruce Greyson. He is a member of IANDS of course but that's not the point. The point I was making is that it's not the end of the world if some people's NDE's didn't score enough on the Greyson scale but if you think it is, then fine. Get your knickers in a twist by all means.
As for me harping on sceptics (do you mean harping on about ?) and calling them closed minded, I don't. I only define closed minded people as closed minded (pseudo sceptics)...true sceptics are fine by be.
As for "propping" up Sam Parnia...what does that mean ? Is Sam falling over ? Do you mean supporting his work, yes I do. Is there a problem with that ?
Finally, If you don't like my posts, don't read them.
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