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Originally Posted by Open Mind  Hi Ersby, nice to see you back here. I certainly wouldn't put you in the category of the pseudo-skeptics at the psychic fair, you have read much of parapsychology and psychical research literature, you know the real debate is over weak effects and if these are real. |
Reading the literature doesn't by itself make a skeptic undeserving of the "pseudo" emendation. Although it is usually reserved for individuals who spout off without having read the research, a skeptic who has done the reading but who is also dumb and conceited will be able to pervert what he comments on to a far greater degree than any unread critic could.