(June 11, 2015 at 4:33 pm)SteveII Wrote: I disagree that this is appeal to numbers. It is a psychological observation of people's choices and is therefore data that can be used as evidence that there might be more than the material world.
Using this logic the SETI program should not be probing the electromagnetic spectrum in outer space, but instead be counting the number of members of the abovetopsecret forum. It would be a lot cheaper.