Moderator note: This thead has been split from [thread=96381]the trolling issue[/thread].
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Trolling truly does exist in the paranormal forum.
There are a number of self appointed "paranormal police" who despite their lack of interest in the paranormal take it upon themselves to "correct" the demonistic or unscientific views of every single post. It is rare to find a few sides of a discussion there without wading through half a dozen naysayers yelling about the fake James Randi million dollar offer etc.
In a perfect world a person who started a thread in the paranormal section would have the ability to ban people not contributing to the discussion, and are just there to police the views that paranormal science is untrue.
Imagine for a second that radio waves do exist, but Tesla and Marconi have not discovered them yet. Imagine people wanted a place where they could discuss the science behind such communication a "sci(ence)forum" even. The discussions cannot seriously go on as every 2nd poster is either a "paranormal police" trying to compensate for their lack of something by lording their majority viewpoints, or is some schizophrenic with truly crazy notions that an alien put antennas in their head.
The trolling will always continue there imo, as even this website administrator can be found trolling there on occasion.
When I was referring to radio waves it was a metaphor for psychic energy. A mere century ago (and a bit) radio waves would be laughed off of sciforums and placed in the paranormal section (or worse). Many feel that we now know everything when it comes to this avenue of science.
The vast majority of the world believes in telepathy. I have seen truly unexplained incidents of it, that are startling when you see them firsthand. I do profit from the paranormal industry as I run a membership based paranormal website that is popular with many. I am also a (unemployed/retired/unsure) Engineer.
If someone said "americans do not shoot innocents" as suggested in this OP, I do not think that would be considered trolling. If someone said, "Woohoo telepathy does not exist. Woohoo, try contacting the James Randi association if you can prove telepathy and you can win a million dollars. woohoo, woohoo, woohoo." that is trolling. James Randi's bet is safe as he can explain anything off as random chance no matter what odds it defies.
This website could use a moderator that removes all "paranormal police" from that section via deletes or banning members from that area (if possible), or allowing people who start threads to remove posts or ban members from the thread (if possible). These will be possible in the future in my opinion.
(Note: Starting Tuesday I will be at my cottage and offline except through my phone for three weeks. Have a good month all.)
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Trolling truly does exist in the paranormal forum.
There are a number of self appointed "paranormal police" who despite their lack of interest in the paranormal take it upon themselves to "correct" the demonistic or unscientific views of every single post. It is rare to find a few sides of a discussion there without wading through half a dozen naysayers yelling about the fake James Randi million dollar offer etc.
In a perfect world a person who started a thread in the paranormal section would have the ability to ban people not contributing to the discussion, and are just there to police the views that paranormal science is untrue.
Imagine for a second that radio waves do exist, but Tesla and Marconi have not discovered them yet. Imagine people wanted a place where they could discuss the science behind such communication a "sci(ence)forum" even. The discussions cannot seriously go on as every 2nd poster is either a "paranormal police" trying to compensate for their lack of something by lording their majority viewpoints, or is some schizophrenic with truly crazy notions that an alien put antennas in their head.
The trolling will always continue there imo, as even this website administrator can be found trolling there on occasion.
When I was referring to radio waves it was a metaphor for psychic energy. A mere century ago (and a bit) radio waves would be laughed off of sciforums and placed in the paranormal section (or worse). Many feel that we now know everything when it comes to this avenue of science.
The vast majority of the world believes in telepathy. I have seen truly unexplained incidents of it, that are startling when you see them firsthand. I do profit from the paranormal industry as I run a membership based paranormal website that is popular with many. I am also a (unemployed/retired/unsure) Engineer.
If someone said "americans do not shoot innocents" as suggested in this OP, I do not think that would be considered trolling. If someone said, "Woohoo telepathy does not exist. Woohoo, try contacting the James Randi association if you can prove telepathy and you can win a million dollars. woohoo, woohoo, woohoo." that is trolling. James Randi's bet is safe as he can explain anything off as random chance no matter what odds it defies.
This website could use a moderator that removes all "paranormal police" from that section via deletes or banning members from that area (if possible), or allowing people who start threads to remove posts or ban members from the thread (if possible). These will be possible in the future in my opinion.
(Note: Starting Tuesday I will be at my cottage and offline except through my phone for three weeks. Have a good month all.)