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News Briefs 17-09-2009

Is a pattern emerging?

Thanks Rick & Kat

Quote of the Day:

He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne’er believe, do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt,
They’d immediately go out.

William Blake: Auguries of Innocence

  1. Skeptic agrees – remote viewing NOT YET proven.
    [quote](From the linked article)Professor Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, refuses to believe in remote viewing.

    He says: “I agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven, but begs the question: do we need higher standards of evidence when we study the paranormal? I think we do.

    “If I said that there is a red car outside my house, you would probably believe me.

    “But if I said that a UFO had just landed, you’d probably want a lot more evidence.

    “Because remote viewing is such an outlandish claim that will revolutionise the world, we need overwhelming evidence before we draw any conclusions. Right now we don’t have that evidence.“[/quote]

    Right now we don’t have that evidence.

    One must make sure to read that bit as he explains it rather clear.

    🙂

    Cheers

    1. And Richard Wiseman is in an
      And Richard Wiseman is in an ideal position to seek that evidence scientifically, yet what does he do?

      Concoct an unscientific publicity stunt via twitter designed specifically to find no evidence (looking for an effect in the general population rather than in specific individuals), and to discredit the idea of RV in the mind of the public.

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