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Originally Posted by mcromer  Yafi,
There are other kinds of evidence than scientific studies.
For example, we know that Nazi Germany killed six million jews without conducting scientific studies.
You seem to want for psi phenomena to be easily reproducible by all researchers before you accept them, and if they cannot be, then there is "no evidence" for them.
That's a position that would rule out the majority of the disciplines of history, forensics, archeology, etc. |
First point - true. We have hard evidence of the holocaust - the remnants of the camps are still there, the Nazis recorded it on film and in official papers. Hard. Evidence.
Second point - consistently, reliably reproducible. Doesn't have to be easy. And yep, you got it in one - you just described scientific process in a nutshell. If an effect can't be reproduced by other researchers, you have to doubt the existence of said effect. Pons & Fleischmann found that one out when their cold fusion results couldn't be reproduced by other workers. Does it mean cold fusion can't work? No. It just means their experiment was broken and the results worthless.
Third point - are you suggesting that history, forensics, archaeology etc., are NOT based on evidence? You might want to rethink that one.