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Originally Posted by Venom  You should know than in science the Appeal to authority is not a valid agument. So I doesn't care if someone have ou doesn't have scientific training. I'm assessing the validity of the work beeing done. And what Randi does is much more convincing than what parapsychologists do. |
I'm not appealing to authority. Randi doesn't have to be a professional scientist to use the scientific method.
Randi's
challenge is not scientific. Its a superficial publicity stunt. And what do you mean he is convincing? Randi doesn't do anything but hold his challenge over parapsychologists heads. I have no reason to believe that the contest is not merely a convenient out for debunkers. I just have a hard time believing he is genuinely interested in scientific inquiry at all.
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Originally Posted by Venom Scientist don't take seriously why parapsychologists do because the evidence are not convincing. |
Which scientists? The more prominent skeptics don't seem to read any real research in the area despite your vehement insistence that they do so. Based on their public statement their incredulity seems to be based on nothing but prejudice.
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Originally Posted by Venom Hey, but Alex do personal attacks all the time: "Steven Novela is a denier", "Richard Wiseman is debunker", and so on. So why should I be more clever than he is...  |
They are deniers...why would they object to that label? They do deny the existence of psi, thats a factual statement. On the other hand: "your stupid" is just mean spirited and childish.