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Old 07-25-2008, 08:59 AM
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I find that funny to read that here, when in the podcast Alex is explaining almost the entire skeptical mouvement by the "athist hypothesis" (aka "scientist rejects the Psi because they are athists").
If I'm not mistaken, it was Hogan, not Alex, who said something to that effect (that scientists reject psi because they're atheists). If you listen to for instance the interview with... I think it was the one with Chris Carter... you will hear that Alex actually tends to defend skeptics' rationality, and distance himself from theories about skeptics having a certain kind of group mentality etc.

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So what the f..., what's good for Alex is good for me too. If he's explaining my skepticism by the fact that I'm an atheist, I'm gonna explain is Psi-belief position by the fact that he's a theist.
What it is that you're upset by?
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