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Originally Posted by Ersby  I'm a bit lost by all this huffing and puffing on Alex's part. Is see it like this:
(a) you believe the MDC is a scientific test, in which case the fact that nobody's won it is strong evidence against psi, or
(b) you believe that the MDC isn't a scientific test, so that the fact that nobody's won it has no bearing on the existence of psi.
I'm in the (b) camp, myself, and I don't see that Alex has achieved anything with this episode. |
The way I see it the MDC is designed to scientifically test specific paranormal claims made by specific people. It is not designed to answer more general and probably open-ended unfalsifiable ideas about "psi" in general. How can you falsify "psi"?
Alex has made specific paranormal claims that are exactly of the type that the MDC is designed to test. If the videos he has put up on youtube are indicative of what the dogs does with reasonable controls and reasonable randomisation then he shouldn't have any trouble winning the MDC.