"Challenges" is really too vague. "Challenging the reality of psi" or something like that I would have no problem with.
Renaming the "Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions" subforum
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(2019-01-24, 10:50 PM)malf Wrote: Or stay as we are... This does feel a bit Brexit-ish doesn't it? I like having Skeptic or Skepticism in the name of that forum. It makes it clear, given it's not exactly about Psi, or ID, or NDEs. It's a place for people - especially those who might associate themselves with organized skeptic movements - to debate the very existence of these phenomenon (among others), which I think is different than Alternative Views which debates things in the context that something about the physicalist-leaning paradigm(s) is wrong but there are varied possible answers. [One can debate things such as MWI in Alternative Views as well, as the debate isn't related to parapsychology necessarily.] It also makes it easier for people who don't want to be involved in the "does this stuff even exist?" debates to avoid that forum.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
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- Bertrand Russell (2019-01-25, 06:21 AM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: This does feel a bit Brexit-ish doesn't it? As I was reading that post, I was thinking maybe it should just be called "Does Psi exist?". Then I came to the last paragraph. I don't think "Does this stuff even exist?" would be a bad title at all. Maybe it's just a bit too informal. (2019-01-25, 08:52 AM)Chris Wrote: As I was reading that post, I was thinking maybe it should just be called "Does Psi exist?". Then I came to the last paragraph. I also think it's not at all a bad title. The informality doesn't bother me, especially seeing that the title of the subforum above this one ends with "and Other Important Stuff" - we weren't exactly going for formality there, so why need we to here? Meaningfulness is more important, I think. (2019-01-25, 08:52 AM)Chris Wrote: As I was reading that post, I was thinking maybe it should just be called "Does Psi exist?". Then I came to the last paragraph. Without "Skeptic" in the name it just seems to invite confusion?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
This thread reminds me of Brexit.
Oh my God, I hate all this.
Acceptors (of the premise that Psi is real or proven) against Objectors
(This post was last modified: 2019-01-25, 11:20 AM by tim.)
Acceptors V Objectors or Accept verses object Accepting verses Objecting (Cool) Cat verses Dog (2019-01-25, 11:14 AM)tim Wrote: Acceptors (of the premise that Psi is real or proven) against Objectors My like was for Cat vs Dog
Oh my God, I hate all this.
(2019-01-25, 11:22 AM)Stan Woolley Wrote: My like was for Cat vs Dog Catholic (in the broad sense) verses dogmatic Cats verses Dogs well, maybe not. |
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