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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 3:51 pm
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(April 9, 2018 at 2:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: There you go....and it only took a few pages to accurately communicate whatever the hell it is you wanted to communicate..which had nothing to do with skepticism or open mindedness or anyone's inability to know this, that or the other thing...or the relative distance of the journey from here to there.'
Hell, it didn't even have anything to do with the paranormal..just your entirely normal and thoroughly boring wishlist.
No, you are just dishonestly representing me. I am saying much more than that. I was explaining how it was possible that both the skeptics and paranormal researchers are being close minded and jump to conclusions. I gave many arguments to support my position.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Onto page 19 and TD still hasn't clearly presented an example of skeptics being the incorrect shitheads he all but claims we are.
"What if you're wrong?" is the kind of BS theists use on weak minds. If we're wrong, show us some data.
Again, shit, or get off the pot.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:17 pm
Just read a review by CSI of a book by Dean Radin, and as expected, the author mirepresents and cherry picks data to change results. Soooooo zero credibility.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:18 pm
(April 9, 2018 at 3:51 pm)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: (April 9, 2018 at 2:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: There you go....and it only took a few pages to accurately communicate whatever the hell it is you wanted to communicate..which had nothing to do with skepticism or open mindedness or anyone's inability to know this, that or the other thing...or the relative distance of the journey from here to there.'
Hell, it didn't even have anything to do with the paranormal..just your entirely normal and thoroughly boring wishlist.
No, you are just dishonestly representing me. I am saying much more than that. I was explaining how it was possible that both the skeptics and paranormal researchers are being close minded and jump to conclusions. I gave many arguments to support my position.
Yes, if you have not done any research into the question, that would be a possibility. However, even a small amount of investigation shows the paranormal 'researchers' beg questions, use faulty statistics, fail to adequately search for alternative explanations, and are generally sloppy. On the other hand, the skeptics (like J. Randi) have put up money as an incentive to bring people out that have true evidence with no responders.
At some point it is necessary to say enough is enough. Over the past 150 years, the 'evidence' is all circumstantial and weak. Those pieces that don't have alternative explanations are also those that are poorly documented. No controlled demonstrations have been produced.
The issue is at least as dead as perpetual motion machines.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:20 pm
(April 9, 2018 at 5:14 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Onto page 19 and TD still hasn't clearly presented an example of skeptics being the incorrect shitheads he all but claims we are.
"What if you're wrong?" is the kind of BS theists use on weak minds. If we're wrong, show us some data.
Again, shit, or get off the pot.
But, what if you're wrong?
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:22 pm
(April 9, 2018 at 5:14 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Onto page 19 and TD still hasn't clearly presented an example of skeptics being the incorrect shitheads he all but claims we are.
"What if you're wrong?" is the kind of BS theists use on weak minds. If we're wrong, show us some data.
Again, shit, or get off the pot.
What I'm saying here is that, if you are going to make a decision in life over a topic that has a lot of debate, then you should never do so by using a shortcut method. That would be the incorrect method. It is a very simple, limiting, and close-minded approach to arriving at what you think is the truth. Skeptics and paranormal researchers use this method. As a matter of fact, humanity in general limits themselves with this method.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:23 pm
What decision is anyone making in life by discarding the notion of ghost photography or esp?
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:26 pm
(April 9, 2018 at 5:23 pm)Khemikal Wrote: What decision is anyone making in life by discarding the notion of ghost photography or esp?
They are making a close minded decision. As long as it is a topic that has a lot of debate, then any short means of dismissal is close minded and the wrong way of coming to a conclusion.
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:45 pm
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(April 9, 2018 at 5:22 pm)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: (April 9, 2018 at 5:14 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Onto page 19 and TD still hasn't clearly presented an example of skeptics being the incorrect shitheads he all but claims we are.
"What if you're wrong?" is the kind of BS theists use on weak minds. If we're wrong, show us some data.
Again, shit, or get off the pot.
What I'm saying here is that, if you are going to make a decision in life over a topic that has a lot of debate, then you should never do so by using a shortcut method. That would be the incorrect method. It is a very simple, limiting, and close-minded approach to arriving at what you think is the truth. Skeptics and paranormal researchers use this method. As a matter of fact, humanity in general limits themselves with this method.
'Has a lot of debate' needs to be qualified.
You've yet to give anyone a reason to change their minds. Chastising people for thinking and acting 'incorrectly' is hardly compelling, especially since that's all you've done in this thread.
Instead of simply asserting we're wrong, illustrate it. Otherwise, stop whining about it.
(April 9, 2018 at 5:20 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (April 9, 2018 at 5:14 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Onto page 19 and TD still hasn't clearly presented an example of skeptics being the incorrect shitheads he all but claims we are.
"What if you're wrong?" is the kind of BS theists use on weak minds. If we're wrong, show us some data.
Again, shit, or get off the pot.
But, what if you're wrong?
It never happens
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RE: Skeptics might be jumping to conclusions
April 9, 2018 at 5:51 pm
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(April 9, 2018 at 5:45 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: (April 9, 2018 at 5:22 pm)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: What I'm saying here is that, if you are going to make a decision in life over a topic that has a lot of debate, then you should never do so by using a shortcut method. That would be the incorrect method. It is a very simple, limiting, and close-minded approach to arriving at what you think is the truth. Skeptics and paranormal researchers use this method. As a matter of fact, humanity in general limits themselves with this method.
'Has a lot of debate' needs to be qualified.
You've yet to give anyone a reason to change their minds. Chastising people for thinking and acting 'incorrectly' is hardly compelling, especially since that's all you've done in this thread.
Instead of simply asserting we're wrong, illustrate it. Otherwise, stop whining about it.
(April 9, 2018 at 5:20 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: But, what if you're wrong?
It never happens
I could illustrate that. But, no matter how hard I try, the skeptics would still always argue against my illustrations. So, it would be a futile exercise. In other words, skeptics would be close minded in regards to these illustrations just as how they are in regards to the paranormal. As far as debate goes, I have given an example with how there is already paranormal researchers debating the things skeptics say. I will present that link:
https://sites.google.com/site/chs4o8pt/s..._fallacies
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