tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post116324820147102423..comments2007-12-20T00:28:34.990ZLouiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282045026892204345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post-85942028560150219442007-11-10T12:29:00.000Z2007-11-10T12:29:00.000ZThanks Hayley.<BR/><BR/><I>everything is pointless: parapsychology doubly so!</I>Louiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282045026892204345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post-27422990507602388872007-11-09T09:36:00.000Z2007-11-09T09:36:00.000Z<I>"parapsychology is a thinly veiled, theistic domain; not interested in finding out the impassionate, scientific reality, but allowing a belief in god, a design and a purpose to influence opinion)"</I><BR/><BR/>This statement sums up pretty much all research conducted into the paranormal and it is such a shame.<BR/><BR/>p.s - I absolutely love reading this blog. Thank you!Hayley Shttp://www.hayleysparanormalblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post-6394679608646358012007-07-16T02:51:00.000+01:002007-07-16T02:51:00.000+01:00from my blog:<BR/><BR/>If a researcher looks for telepathy or clairvoyance, he won't find any evidence supporting a hypothesis of paranormal abilities in human beings. Why is this? We've all had experiences that are best described as psychic: guessing the next playing card, knowing what someone is going to say next, and so on.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that these moments of paranormal activity are all unexpected and unplanned. It is not a "power" so much as a twitch or an involuntary reflex. What does this show?<BR/><BR/>Like Schrodinger's Cat, observation resolves the question of psychic phenomena. Observation per se, or rather the attempt to observe, destroys the unexpectedness & unintentionality of psychic phenomena.<BR/><BR/>The best way, therefore, to ensure the most advanced development possible to human psychic powers is to stop looking for them and to stop thinking about them. Further, it might even be necessary to hold would-be psychics up to extreme ridicule and public humiliation.<BR/><BR/>The ridicule would only be for the purpose of creating the most favorable environment possible for the development of human psychic potential. Should the ridicule and public humiliation of would-be psychics turn out to be fun and a source of great merriment, wouldn't this prove, or at least suggest, that the eradication of psychic researchers and would-be psychics would contribute greatly to the cause of human progress?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://bob-kowalski.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-take-on-paranormal.html" REL="nofollow">My Take on The Paranormal</A>.Bob Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741101011136593138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post-87279833264354879852006-12-18T19:22:00.000Z2006-12-18T19:22:00.000ZVery interesting, there is probably much to be discovered in what draws people to a "paranormal" culture.<br /><br />Thanks for the blog and all the best!!Citizen Deuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425085335850663316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21699046.post-78142195433095980102006-12-15T17:17:00.000Z2006-12-15T17:17:00.000ZYou can find further discussion of this post at <a href"http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=70319">James Randi's site</a>.Louiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15282045026892204345noreply@blogger.com