(April 8, 2018 at 10:53 am)Whateverist Wrote:(April 8, 2018 at 10:41 am)Transcended Dimensions Wrote: I have no interest in doing any research myself into these fields of study because the one area of study I wish to dedicate my life to would be learning how to compose. Therefore, all I am doing here is just telling others to keep an open mind and to not draw hasty conclusions. I suspect that so many people in this world draw hasty conclusions based upon their upbringing/teachings and I think this was the wrong method. They use shortcuts rather than doing full research and I think this was the wrong way of doing it.
But you don't explain why you think research into crackpot ideas deserves kid glove treatment. Like you, everyone is already pursuing what they are interested in. No one is compelled to look into every crazy idea someone else comes up with. And what you call "paranormal" and what the religious call "supernatural" are bereft of even one non-controversial exemplar to justify those categories. Until that changes I am content to assume they are empty sets and to say so when it comes up in conversation. The subject holds no inherent interest to me. If it does for you, you take it on.
I think I have already given many explanations as to why such claims deserve full research. Especially since these are claims being made by researchers who have had a lot of training, education, and have done experiments where they conclude that there is real evidence for these sorts of things.