Why the interest in parapsychology if you are obviously closed to the possibilities?
Because nutjobs, woo-woo's, scammers, and the ignorant deserve a counter-voice of reason and, in your case, ridicule.
How many science frontiers have once been deemed impossible by the skinwalkers of the world. You can wear your "flat earth society" t-shirt in the privacy of your home, but science does have room for telepathy as surely as it does radio, etc.
Oh, goody. The appeal to authority. Appealing to the authority of legitimate science is a hallmark of pseudoscience. So-called "pysychic" mumbo-jumbo has had over 200 years to figure it out. Since that time, the microscope has paved the way to modern microbiology and we use scanning electrons to look close; Da Vinci's drawings of flying machines made to resemble birds have given way to jet aircraft and modern avionics; Jules Vernes' fantasies of visiting a Moon made of cheese has been replaced with robotic exploration of the universe that reveals possible water on Mars and oceans of methane on Titan.
But what has the study of "psi" given us in two hundred years? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zip.
Its poppycock held onto by significance-junkies and mystery-mongers that, perhaps, lack the intelligence, education, or imagination to find a genuine sense of wonder and awe in the real world. They, therefore, look to the fantastical.
This thread was for someone who wants to explore psychic training. If your only comments are graffiti, then go to Yahoo chat or some other stress relief bantering forum.
Nope. Not gonna do it. I was here first. And if you want to make claims that "psychic abilities" are real enough that someone can "train" in them, I'm going to ridicule you whenever it strikes my fancy. But show a single shred of legitimate evidence for your claims and I'll retract all my words. Saying that this thread is "for someone who wants to explore psychic training" is like saying another thread is for someone that wants to learn how to be invisible or fly like superman. Its poppycock. Before one can "train" in "psychic abilities," one must first establish that such nonsense isn't nonsense. That hasn't been done.
There is more acceptance of telepathy and other psi occurrences than ever before among the science community, and how can you even perform in science if your mind is closed.
Complete and utter bullshit. There is zero "acceptance" of telepathy and other "psi" in science. This is because it hasn't been supported by evidence. It is poppycock. Complete and utter nonsense perpetrated by the ignorant, the under-educated, and the greedy.
You will just have to continue disbelieving, because no matter how well psychic hypothesis are proved, there is always the matter of how many coincidences equals proof. Proof of something that cannot as yet be measured seems pretty far off.
That's just it. Coincidences
don't equal proof of any sort. Not when the only coincidences that are considered are the positive ones whilst every negative coincidence is ignored or not even considered. THAT is how the "psi" phenomenon works: consider the "hits" and ignore everything that's not a "hit."
I know you'll respond with more "graffiti", but I've said my piece. Believe what you want. I won't think of you as a lesser being, just deprived a bit.
Yes, the faithful always have their conclusions to which they consider only the data that supports them whilst willfully remaining ignorant to data that is contrary.
Every few months, our little science board gets a woo-woo trolling through after discovering a thread on google to offer his .02 cents on the "miracle of psi" and how its changed his life and how "those that seek knowledge will be rewarded...," etc, etc. Interestingly enough, the Religion subforum gets the same kinds of nutters, but with a different imaginary force to blame.