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Originally Posted by David Bailey  Alex,
I do hope that this is not an end of the series - I am sure there are more people to interview, and maybe a few could be persuaded to return and expand of some of their views in the light of various discussions here.
OK - I have heard your talk, and I liked it - I think you should mail it to the various skeptics that you mention, and try to provoke them into a better response. (I know they can just download it, but maybe a physical package on their desks would be harder to ignore!)
I think it would be a shame if you moved on into a pure research phase. As you have obviously realised, there is a lot of research already there, and I think your big contribution has been to challenge the skeptics in a sustained public way.
I started a thread about the concept that a lot of us are ψ-shy. Perhaps that contributes to the fact the skeptics don't do much research, and why, in particular, the offer to test the psychic detective was not followed through - I mean, just going and asking the police force for cooperation in such a project might be embarrassing! Perhaps you could intervene here and try to get things started - but not doing the research yourself. Goading some of the skeptics into doing some research might be really interesting.
Another idea might be to take the psychic detective and pay for her to work not on murder cases as such, but on one or two missing persons cases (unfortunately, there are always plenty of these). If the case had been dropped by the police, she could presumably work on these cases without treading on anyone's toes. Solving just a few of those would be spectacular (and useful) and would gain a lot of publicity, forcing the skeptics on the defensive.
David |
These are all interesting ideas. As far as psychic detective research, the ball is really in the Skeptics court as there is a very successful television show on CourtTV that chronicles real cases and interviews skeptical detectives that have become believers.
As for me, I really think pounding hard on the research is the way to go.