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panlives Inner circle 2087 Posts |
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1848764944?tag=......p=211189
Product Description James 'The Amazing' Randi is a stage magician who says he has a million dollars for anyone who can convince him they have psychic powers. No one has even come close to winning, proof, say sceptical scientists, that there is no such thing as 'the paranormal'. But are they right? In this illuminating and often provocative analysis, Robert McLuhan examines the influence of Randi and other debunking sceptics in shaping scientific opinion about such things as telepathy, psychics, ghosts and near-death experiences. He points out that scientific researchers who investigate these things at first hand overwhelmingly consider them to be genuinely anomalous. But this has shocking implications, for science, for society and for even perhaps for ourselves as individuals. Hence the sceptics' insistence that they should rather be attributed to fraud, imagination and wishful thinking. However, this extraordinary and little understood aspect of consciousness has much to tell us about the human situation, McLuhan suggests. And at a time when militants are polarising the debate about religion, its mystical, spiritual element offers an optimistic and enlightened way forward. Randi's Prize is aimed at anyone interested in spirituality or those curious to know the truth about paranormal claims. It's an intelligent and readable analysis of scientific research into the paranormal which, uniquely, also closely examines the arguments of well-known sceptics. About the Author Robert McLuhan gained a First in English Literature at Oxford, then worked as a foreign correspondent for the Guardian in Spain and Portugal. He now works as a freelance journalist. He has been a member of the Society for Psychical Research since 1993, blogging and lecturing on paranormal topics.
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Mike Powers Inner circle Midwest 2983 Posts |
The beauty of the scientific method is that its results don't depend on the beliefs of the investigator. It doesn't matter if the investigator thinks that psychics are fake. It's common for investigators to be surprised by the results of their investigations. It's natural to have an intuitive idea of what the results may be. It's quite common for that intuitive feeling to be wrong. In the end, science follows the result of the experiment (assuming it's reproducable). The million dollar prize is real. Where are the psychics and ghost busters? If money isn't a motive, why not step up to the plate and prove once and for all that psychic phenomena exist. Give the million dollars to charity. I'm ready to believe.
Mike
Mike Powers
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Chris H Inner circle Melbourne, Australia 1364 Posts |
Even the blurb screams bias. I'll pass on this one...
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Jim-Callahan V.I.P. 5018 Posts |
Well this looks like fun.
J im H.o.A-X
“I can make Satan’s devils dance like fine gentlemen across the stage of reality”.
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