Bashing the skeptics

[DysonSphere]

Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

The problem is that the hypothesis that humans can communicate with each other without using any of the known senses is about as close to unfalsifiable as you can get without being thrown out of the room. No matter how many studies are found to be flawed, the idea of psi is not discarded.

What do you mean? Psi could potentially be verified and many argue that it already has been, myself included.

Which studies are you talking about? Found to be flawed by who? Skeptical inquirer? Paleeeze.

Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos

But it would be really helpful if someone could discover evidence for a mechanism, rather than simply statistical evidence.

~~ Paul

Doesn't the word "mechanism" imply a physical process? The best you could probably do for psi in regards to a "mechanism" is to isolate certain brain correlates and what not. We could discover precisely what limits/laws psi perception adheres too. My point is the mechanism argument is a weak one at best.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Originally Posted by Dyson

What do you mean? Psi could potentially be verified and many argue that it already has been, myself included.

Please explain to me exactly what has been verified.

Which studies are you talking about? Found to be flawed by who? Skeptical inquirer? Paleeeze.

It doesn't matter who I list, does it? You'll give a big "paleeeze" about each one of them.

Doesn't the word "mechanism" imply a physical process? The best you could probably do for psi in regards to a "mechanism" is to isolate certain brain correlates and what not. We could discover precisely what limits/laws psi perception adheres too. My point is the mechanism argument is a weak one at best.

Why? Doesn't there have to be a mechanism? Are you saying that psi "just is"? Are you saying it's not a physical process? Then how does it interact with the physical?

If there is no physical process, then scientific experiments are impossible, and yet you are so certain that replicable experiments have been performed. I'm completely confused.

~~ Paul