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Originally Posted by Chris Noble  You don't seem to understand.
a) Aspirin was known to inhibit platelet aggregation via the inhibition of thromboxane A_2. In fact John Robert Vane was awarded a Nobel prize in 1982 for this discoverey.
b) Platelet aggregation was known to be a factor in heart disease and strokes.
This lead to the generation of the hypothesis that aspirin might provide protection against heart attacks and strokes.
This is the way that science works. You don't just pull ideas out of thin air. You build upon past research and move forward.
This is exactly the opposite of what occurs with "psi". There is no theory of "psi" that transparently generates predictions. |
What's the point? There's no scientific theory of consciousness, either. Still there's a lot more research going on about the brain than about psi. And we all know consciousness exists (most of us, anyway). Not being able to put forth a theory doesn't mean a phenomenon doesn't exist.