(2017-10-17, 10:50 PM)Stan Woolley Wrote: Well, just try saying that 'the spirit body leaves the physical body and we should investigate this phenomenon' on a mainstream science show and see how far you get.
I'm not anti-science, far from it. Scientists have forced science down a road where it seems certain topics are not acceptable. They are limiting themselves. Just listen to Brian Cox call anyone who talks seriously about ghosts a 'nobber'. He's sciences mouthpiece in the uk. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the American equivalent.
Just because there are a few scientists that are free thinkers shouldn't detract from the way the mainstream generally sees things. As Kamarling has already said, Wiseman and Watt call themselves parapsychologists, but they are far from Archie Roy type individuals.
That having been said, I was very surprised to see Prof Cox on breakfast tv today, suggesting that the idea of us living in a virtual reality was a worthwhile theory. Maybe things are changing, but I'm not holding my breath.
Have you considered the reason being science has extraordinary success over several hundreds of years? If metapbysics had the same success scientists would persue that too.