Yes...there have been con artists in just about every field...quacks in the medical field, bad scientists, corrupt politicians, shady businessmen, etc. But that doesn't therefore invalidate those fields does it?
It makes a smart person careful about just taking as gospel everything said by anybody calling himself a medical professional, a scientist, a politician, a businessman, a psychic, a ghost-hunter, a ufologist, a reiki practitioner, a minister of religion, etc. etc.
Since you have no idea, I assume this is the last I'll hear from you about my fragile worldview. Is that correct?
You're the one fighting tooth and nail against every piece of evidence presented...
Hardly. I merely pose the obvious, sensible questions in response to crap you bring to the table. The ones that your ignore as a matter of course. See, for instance, your selective replies in our conversation today.
Who do you think you're fooling?
... and calling me hateful names over it.
You mean like "clown"? You act like a clown, Magical Realist. If it walks like a duck...
Why does it bother you so much?
What's "it"?
If you're asking what bothers me about fraudulent people pushing ghosts and other purported "paranormal" phenomena on the general public, I have a few problems with that: 1. It's dishonest. 2. In many cases gullible people are parted with their hard-earned money on the basis of a lie. Often, it's those who can least afford it who are taken to cleaners for the larger sums of money by the hucksters. 3. The pretence that "paranormal investigations" are somehow scientific creates an incorrect impression of how real science works, in the minds of the gullible and uneducated.
That's just for starters.
On the other hand, if you're asking me what bothers me about the way that
you push this nonsense, when clearly you know better, the reasons are similar but specific to you. Namely: 1. You're generally dishonest, evasive and willing to tell lies when it suits you. 2.
Real gullible people might be misled by your antics into parting with their hard-earned money on the basis of your lies and/or evasions, along with the example you set on how never to engage in critical thinking. 3. Your pretence that you're doing "work" on this nonsense or putting in any effort at all, beyond cutting and pasting stuff you find on one internet site over to a different one risks creating the false impression in vulnerable minds that you are doing something informative or useful.
That's just for starters.
And why get so defensive about it?
Let me be clear. I have no respect for you or your methods. You're an insidious type of clowning troll. At least, that's what you've made of yourself in your time here.
I will always step up in defence of critical thinking, rationality, science and ethical action, among other things. That is not a flaw. It is an admirable trait. It doesn't surprise me one bit that you pretend you can't recognise it as such.
On the topic of defensiveness, I also note that I rarely make controversial claims that need a defence. In contrast, you are regularly making extraordinary claims that you are unable to support. Probably, then, you're projecting your own feeling of being under attack onto me. If you want to feel less defensive, try posting a lower amount of complete crap, maybe? Or consider thinking before you post? Or maybe consider dropping the clown act, because that's
really not doing you any favours.
