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tama

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33. Are talking about the same guy?

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 07:52 PM

Dec 2011

Sheldrake does not outright refute and exclude anecdotal evidence about most common "Real Life" telepathic experiences (phone telepathy, sensing staring at back, animal telepathy etc), but devices simple and honest experiments to test those phenomena both as reliably as possible (also refining his methods according to constructive criticism from skeptics) and as "naturally" as possible.

I don't know what conclusions you refer to, AFAIK Sheldrake says that his experiments show undeniable effects, as they do under standard methodology which nobody is denying, which merit further study, but does not offer any conclusive explanations, only speculates that physicalist explanation could be found in the realm of 'quantum mind' hypothesis. He offers also a worthy caveat, "unless there is something peculiar with standard statistical math that we use", which is also possibility - especially given the Shnoll effect.

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Why is Dr. Dawkins and some others such controversial figures? [View all] Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 OP

You have a point, but you could easily say the same thing about Tim Tebow RZM Dec 2011 #1

Don't know, never followed that particular controversy... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #5

This is random thoughts, so maybe not as eloquent as I could be. Goblinmonger Dec 2011 #7

I don't think he's so controversial over here in the U.K. mr blur Dec 2011 #2

Exactly, also a big fan of David Attenborough myself... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #4

"Fundamentalist materialist" tama Dec 2011 #8

A fellow "Scientist" who believes in telepathy and generational memory... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #9

...or like Ernst Mayr who also disagreed with Dawkins Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #19

Being both tama Dec 2011 #21

A great experimentalist? He derives conclusions from... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #27

Are talking about the same guy? tama Dec 2011 #33

Ancedotal evidence is useless without repeatability, do you understand... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #42

Read again. tama Dec 2011 #48

Who are these "authoritarian orthodoxies" the ones who couldn't... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #54

Perhaps tama Dec 2011 #55

An honest person would say the results are inconclusive... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #61

That's what Sheldrake tama Dec 2011 #63

What evidence? Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #75

Belief tama Dec 2011 #77

There is no valid edhopper Dec 2011 #14

It is quite common tama Dec 2011 #22

Stop misrepresenting science. You can believe whatever the fuck you want... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #28

Stop misrepresenting science. You can believe whatever the fuck you want... tama Dec 2011 #34

Like telepathy edhopper Dec 2011 #50

Like the belief tama Dec 2011 #51

Oh good edhopper Dec 2011 #64

To tell you the truth tama Dec 2011 #70

So basically you got nothing as far as evidence is concerned? n/t Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #76

How was your day? tama Dec 2011 #78

He's willing to take them on. rrneck Dec 2011 #3

Because he's critical of religion, and possibly also because he's pro-evolution LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #6

"...under direct attack by many people who use misinformation, lies, and ignorance as their weapons. Jim__ Dec 2011 #10

This is interesting... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #11

That is the conclusion of the argument. Jim__ Dec 2011 #12

You attack the whole Dawkins's God Delution based on a paragraph made to be a 'filler'? Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #25

No. I'm merely pointing to one paragraph that demonstrates why his book was attacked. Jim__ Dec 2011 #29

So that justifies death threats? Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #32

There are people who like philosophy tama Dec 2011 #39

I prefer conversations that are useful and relevant to the discussion at hand... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #41

You are entitled to your opinion tama Dec 2011 #43

"Fuck Kant"? tama Dec 2011 #38

The difference between me and a coffee house philosopher is... Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #46

You are always wrong tama Dec 2011 #52

... Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #58

First mover tama Dec 2011 #23

Big Bang cosmology doesn't require either "metaphysical" presumption... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #26

Indeed tama Dec 2011 #36

Then all things in motion do not need to be put in motion. edhopper Dec 2011 #16

What is the basis for your "then"? Jim__ Dec 2011 #18

Aquinas says all thing must be put in motion. edhopper Dec 2011 #20

No, he doesn't: Now whatever is in motion is put in motion by another. Jim__ Dec 2011 #30

Poor phrasing on my part. Emphasis on put, as in - all things in motion MUST be put in motion. edhopper Dec 2011 #49

Dismantled Aquinas'argument? Jim__ Dec 2011 #56

I see that he did. edhopper Dec 2011 #65

Big Bang tama Dec 2011 #24

What does the Big Bang have to do with a branch of philosophy? Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #31

What does 'causality" have to do with a branch of philosophy tama Dec 2011 #35

Science moved beyond philosophy by the late 19th century... Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #40

And philosophy came back tama Dec 2011 #44

So not only are you misrepresenting science, but history as well? Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #53

20th century tama Dec 2011 #57

Since when were all of them philosophers? Humanist_Activist Dec 2011 #60

For the purpose of this discussion tama Dec 2011 #62

What you don't seem to understand in your all too broad edhopper Dec 2011 #66

Perhaps you are unawere tama Dec 2011 #71

Quite well aware edhopper Dec 2011 #72

Partial explanation tama Dec 2011 #74

They threaten the power structure. Deep13 Dec 2011 #13

"Challenging people's core values and beliefs always makes them a bit grouchy." tama Dec 2011 #37

Simply because he is an outspoken atheist. Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #15

Spoken like a true believer. MarkCharles Dec 2011 #45

Ahem... Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #47

Then you FAILED to state how. MarkCharles Dec 2011 #68

Don't give yourself a heart attack over nothing. Lost-in-FL Dec 2011 #69

MC, you might get a little less needlessly upset if you go into A&A and write iris27 Dec 2011 #59

Why would I spoil the fun ? MarkCharles Dec 2011 #67

Pretty sure everyone else got it, because most here do take note of who posts what. iris27 Dec 2011 #73

I can't say I read the whole thing--- digonswine Dec 2011 #17