08 Dec 2010, 04:33
08 Dec 2010, 06:41
Arouet wrote:I wasn't quite saying that you were making a slur, but that it bordered certain slur-like sterotyping. I don't think you meant ill. I was pointing out why it might seem to others that you did.
02 Dec 2011, 14:25
05 Aug 2012, 16:25
26 Sep 2012, 19:28
26 Sep 2012, 21:11
This would be fairly close to a real cross-examination- the information is taken from what Randi has ALREADY STATED ACCEPTED and IMPLIED. Some very minor flexibility and embellishment consistent with Randi’s beliefs and record have been used for easier reading and understanding of the script. Words in caps are there for emphasis - which is critical during cross-examination.
26 Sep 2012, 21:32
The_Grand_Illusion wrote:Dean Radin explains some of the reasons why Randi's challenge just doesn't matter:
After studying these phenomena as a scientist for about 30 years, I've concluded that some psychic abilities are genuine, and as such, there are important aspects of the prevailing scientific worldview that are seriously incomplete. I've also learned that many people who claim to have unfailingly reliable psychic abilities are often delusional or mentally ill, and that there will always be reprehensible con artists who claim to be psychic and charge huge sums for their "services." These two classes of so-called psychics are the targets of celebrated prizes offered by magicians for demonstrations of psychic abilities. Those prizes are safe because the claimed abilities of these people either do not exist at all, or they're much weaker than sincere claimants may wish to believe. There is of course a huge anecdotal literature about psychic abilities, but the evidence that convinced me is the accumulated laboratory performance by people who do not claim to possess special abilities, collected under controlled conditions and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
http://www.deanradin.com/NewWeb/bio.html
26 Sep 2012, 21:45
26 Sep 2012, 21:53
26 Sep 2012, 21:59
Arouet wrote:It always amazes me that this guy was a practising lawyer.
26 Sep 2012, 22:13
26 Sep 2012, 22:52
Arouet wrote:heh. I just can't imagine this guy in actual practice. Maybe he had a different style back then. Thing is, for all the different styles, one thing law school really does is teach you to approach problems in a certain way - and this guy doesn't approach problems anything like any lawyer I know.
26 Sep 2012, 23:35
Arouet wrote:It always amazes me that this guy was a practising lawyer.
27 Sep 2012, 00:10
11 Nov 2012, 04:57