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by really? » 04 May 2010, 20:54
Let's just suppose for a second that levitation does occur. What prevents any individual from flying off the face of the planet ? To rephrase the question: Why does levitation stop short of just mere inches to maybe a couple of feet ? Pondering the implication of these two questions should lead one to consider the default position of skepticism that levitation is probably unlikely.
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by NinjaPuppy » 04 May 2010, 23:09
That is a good question. Perhaps you would like to start a fresh thread so as not to have this lost under this heading?
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by ciscop » 04 May 2010, 23:13
For every person who reads this valuable book there are hundreds of naïve souls who would prefer to have their spines tingled by a sensational but worthless potboiler by some hack journalist of the paranormal. You who now read these sentences join a small but wiser minority. Martin Gaardner (Psychology of the Psychic)
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by ciscop » 05 May 2010, 00:46
For every person who reads this valuable book there are hundreds of naïve souls who would prefer to have their spines tingled by a sensational but worthless potboiler by some hack journalist of the paranormal. You who now read these sentences join a small but wiser minority. Martin Gaardner (Psychology of the Psychic)
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by NinjaPuppy » 05 May 2010, 02:45
I read what he wrote and it is logical that IF levitation was possible, asking " Why does levitation stop short of just mere inches to maybe a couple of feet ?" is another point to ponder. Especially since being able to levitate someone even 1/4 of an inch affects the law of gravity.
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by ciscop » 05 May 2010, 03:38
IF???!!
how about because there´s no such a thing as levitation? but there´s many ways of faking it, that´s why is only a few inches above the ground?
also.. i dont know how you can use LOGICAL and LEVITATION in the same sentence...
For every person who reads this valuable book there are hundreds of naïve souls who would prefer to have their spines tingled by a sensational but worthless potboiler by some hack journalist of the paranormal. You who now read these sentences join a small but wiser minority. Martin Gaardner (Psychology of the Psychic)
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by ciscop » 05 May 2010, 04:14
touche!
nice one NP
For every person who reads this valuable book there are hundreds of naïve souls who would prefer to have their spines tingled by a sensational but worthless potboiler by some hack journalist of the paranormal. You who now read these sentences join a small but wiser minority. Martin Gaardner (Psychology of the Psychic)
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by NucleicAcid » 07 May 2010, 22:13
Hey, you there. Yes, you. If what I say sounds like the teacher from Charlie Brown (Wah wahh woohh wuh waah), then you should try college. It's fun, and only costs you your soul and several tens of thousands of dollars. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif) “I agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven“ - Richard Wiseman Let's make directional hypotheses, test them repeatedly, replicate experiments, and publish results! Yay, science!
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by ciscop » 07 May 2010, 22:45
this has nothing to do with technology thats a bad analogy this has to do with denying a fundamental of nature's interaction< GRAVITY believers dont go to grammar school?
this has to do more with searching for the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life and turning anything into gold thats the actual analogy, not technology, but searching for something that doesnt exist
scescop by the way posts info about a shapeshifting lizards and bigfoot, so i wouldnt quote him unless is for having fun
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by jakesteele » 16 Aug 2010, 02:00
My thread seems to have gone sideways from its original intent. I just want to know if people like this idea or not. I want to award it to people like Nickell for levitation, Plait for his idiotic spiel about how amateur astronomers overwhelming look at the sky more than anyone and yet they don't report sightings. Basically, it would be for the weakest, most ludicrous attempt at debunking.
Any thoughts?
Debunkers think all UFO photos are fake, especially the real ones.
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by Arouet » 16 Aug 2010, 04:19
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