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Originally Posted by Larry Boy  I don't think that is what Carter is implying. My understanding of his argument is that we're simply stuck in a materialistic paradigm, which is basically the same view that you're taking (as I understand it, anyway). Maybe his way to put it is a bit harsh at times, but I don't think he's trying to say that there's a big conspiracy going on or something, as you seem to imply in your remark above.
As for me, I think theory is what's going to be needed for the paradigm to shift. You can produce as much evidence as you like, but as long as you have no way of explaining what's behind it, skeptics are likely to explain it away. It was the same with continental drift; the evidence was there, but scientists wouldn't allow for continental drift to happen until there was a theory to explain how it happened. |
Will more evidence make a difference? Of course! Does science work? I say yes. However imperfect/political/biased scientific evidence is still pretty good at inching us a little closer to the truth.
20 years ago mind/body medicine was fringie pseudoscience. Now it's mainstream, and hold-outs are marginalized. The same will happen with Psi.