shropshire 0 #1 January 1, 2009 Mediums, telepathy, psychic, ESP et al. ... wodya think (might make a change from religion) (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #2 January 1, 2009 i forgot the name, but there is an institute that will pay a lot of cash to anybody performing any paranormal act in controled conditions. this has been running for decads and so far nobody has cashed the priceThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #3 January 1, 2009 Quotei forgot the name, but there is an institute that will pay a lot of cash to anybody performing any paranormal act in controled conditions. this has been running for decads and so far nobody has cashed the price http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/1m-challenge.html and http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22james+randi%22&search_type=&aq=-1&oq= Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 January 1, 2009 If anyone could see the future, every book-maker, casino and Loto in the world would be bankrupt. So that one is bollocks, for sure. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #5 January 2, 2009 QuoteMediums, telepathy, psychic, ESP et al. ... wodya think (might make a change from religion) It is religion. And religion is it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
br0k3n 0 #6 January 2, 2009 QuoteMediums, telepathy, psychic, ESP et al. ... wodya think (might make a change from religion) Its the same as religion, something there is not shred off evidence to support, yet people embrace it as fact.----------------------------------------------------------- --+ There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.. --+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #7 January 2, 2009 QuoteIf anyone could see the future, every book-maker, casino and Loto in the world would be bankrupt. So that one is bollocks, for sure. I knew you were going to say that.... SPOOKY!When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #8 January 2, 2009 Don't ask me; I watched every episode of "The X FIles", and my mind is permanenty warped. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 625 #9 January 2, 2009 I don't believe in mediums etc however I do think that synchronicity is interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity A personal experience of this was driving towards junction 11 of the M25 (anti-clockwise) my father called to chat as he was driving (he calls every 2/3 months). He was driving clockwise towards me about 1/2 a mile away. Since we both live and work about 40 miles from that function in opposite directions it was weird. Probably doesn't conform to the true definition but the best I have experienced.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #10 January 2, 2009 Quotehttp://www.randi.org/...hp/1m-challenge.html Holy crap. I started reading the challenge applications 2 hours ago and I can't stop. This is priceless reading material.Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #11 January 2, 2009 QuoteQuoteIf anyone could see the future, every book-maker, casino and Loto in the world would be bankrupt. So that one is bollocks, for sure. I knew you were going to say that.... SPOOKY! Bum..Bum - Tish (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #12 January 2, 2009 QuoteI don't believe in mediums etc however I do think that synchronicity is interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity A personal experience of this was driving towards junction 11 of the M25 (anti-clockwise) my father called to chat as he was driving (he calls every 2/3 months). He was driving clockwise towards me about 1/2 a mile away. Since we both live and work about 40 miles from that function in opposite directions it was weird. Probably doesn't conform to the true definition but the best I have experienced. Bizarre thing I once witnessed: I was working at a gas station when I was a kid. One day my coworker and I were chatting during a lull in business, and he suddenly paused and picked up the phone and began talking into it as if there was someone on it. I told him to quit trying to BS me. He handed me the phone. His wife was on the other end. Apparently, he had picked up the phone just before it would have rung."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #13 January 2, 2009 There isn't one single shred of evidence to show that it exists. The paranormal-hype really shows that we have a lack of education when it comes to logic and critical thinking. Many people use the full spectrum of logical fallacies when defending the paranormal (tautology, moving goalpost, special pleading, tu quoque). Of course, somebody may be right even when using logical fallacies, but when evidence is scarce and logical fallacies are used to defend certain beliefs, it's highly unlikely that it's true.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 January 2, 2009 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #15 January 2, 2009 Quote His wife was on the other end. Apparently, he had picked up the phone just before it would have rung. There's a difference between paranormal and pussy-whipped Anybody that can anticipate getting a phone call from their wife gets called by their wife way too often. Speaking of the X-files - looking back, I have no idea why I loved that show so much. It was like another spirit took over myself and tuned in every week. Spooky. Once in a while, I'm in a hotel, I see a re-run of an old X-Files show and think "this is really stupid".Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vortexring 0 #16 January 2, 2009 I'm not so sure. Years ago a friend whose family were apparantly into the occult suggested we make a Ouija board one evening. Me and another guy went along, thinking it might be worth a giggle at least. The results were fairly surprising. The planchette was able to answer all the questions I directed at it. I then took my finger off it - and sat with my arms crossed, asked 3 questions which only I knew the answer to. It answered them correctly and I wasn't even touching the thing. (So I guess that put's ideomotor action out the window.) It was a bit puzzling to say the least. I then asked 'it' to put a curse on my mate - coming back from the pub later that night he was flattened by a bus and. . . only kidding about the curse part. Still, does it make me believe in a spirit world or demons or whatever else the boards supposed to bring forth? Honestly don't know - I doubt it, yet even today I'm perplexed a little into how it came up with the correct answers. I suppose you could say my buddies knew, stupid! Except they didn't. Without shadow of doubt. Maybe I should make another board and ask it!? 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #17 January 2, 2009 http://www.coasttocoastam.com/ An interesting radio show if I do say so myself.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #18 January 2, 2009 Quote Speaking of the X-files - looking back, I have no idea why I loved that show so much. It was like another spirit took over myself and tuned in every week. Spooky. Once in a while, I'm in a hotel, I see a re-run of an old X-Files show and think "this is really stupid". I only ever caught about 1/3 of the X Files when the show ran. It was after I subscribed to NetFlix, that I put all the X Files DVD in my queue, and watched the entire series at one episode/day. There are really 3 different types of episodes: 1. Standalone monster-of-the-week episodes. 2. Myth-arc conspiracy episodes. 3. One-offs that fit in no category. These are rare, and usually humorous. The all-time classic of #3 was "Jose Chung's 'It Came From Outer Space'". It spoofed every cliche of UFO sightings, and it spoofed the the X Files its self. I was in hysterics watching that episode, and watched it a few more times."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
