haha! No one is forcing you guys to read and/or participate in this thread.
Might be Ego.
Might possibly be that belittling others is the only method some can employ to bolster their own Ego.
Remember Wegs, this is sciforums.com.
haha! No one is forcing you guys to read and/or participate in this thread.
For my part, no. Virtually no one on this forum has been more patient with MR than myself. There are several threads, at least a thousand posts long, where I patiently walked through the science of cognition, perception and memory recall. Whether or not MR believed me or wilfully denied known science, I still took the time and consideration to go through it. I try to not drag that forward, but I have a responsibility to dismantle wilful ignorance of basic cognition, perception and human behavior where I see it.Might be Ego.
Might possibly be that belittling others is the only method some can employ to bolster their own Ego.
For my part, no. Virtually no one on this forum has been more patient with MR than myself. There are several threads, at least a thousand posts long, where I patiently walked through the science of cognition, perception and memory recall. Whether or not MR believed me or wilfully denied known science, I still took the time and consideration to go through it. I try to not drag that forward, but I have a responsibility to dismantle wilful ignorance of basic cognition, perception and human behavior where I see it.
For my part, no. Virtually no one on this forum has been more patient with MR than myself. There are several threads, at least a thousand posts long, where I patiently walked through the science of cognition, perception and memory recall. Whether or not MR believed me or wilfully denied known science, I still took the time and consideration to go through it. I try to not drag that forward, butI have a responsibility to dismantle wilful ignorance of basic cognition, perception and human behavior where I see it.
You're questioning the very purpose of a discussion forum." my , myself, I , me, I, I , I and I " ...no Ego...
So, do you honestly believe that by exercising your "responsibility" on sciforums.com that you will successfully " dismantle wilful ignorance of basic cognition, perception and human behavior " ?
If you do believe that, then is it at all possible that that belief may stem from a " wilful ignorance of basic cognition, perception and human behavior " ?
You're questioning the very purpose of a discussion forum.
If someone doesn't want to be challenged on faulty assertions, one can simply refrain from making faulty assertions. But once they're put out there, they're fair game for challenge. That's what discussion is all about.
And nobody's stopping me, either.haha! No one is forcing you guys to read and/or participate in this thread.
Yep...it's definitely all about ego for them.
That's why I love ghosts, they don't have an ego. Anymore.
I would not have you take my word for anything. This is all documented fact. That's the beauty of science, and why ego doesn't come into it. These aren't my ideas; these are simply facts, and they're available to anyone who cares about their education.Dave would have us all believe that human perception is unreliable...
Indeed. Well said.There's no evidence that disproves that there may be paranormal activity lurking about, but there is no evidence to support it. Like testable evidence. Eye witness accounts are subjective.
And that being filtered through several retellings - the tellers of which we have little idea about. Generally we have no access to the first-hand claims. We read the stories of other people, who have heard second-hand or occasionally first-hand claims, but we have no way to verify any aspect of how the claimant "comes across".I tend to determine the validity of the claim, based on how the claimant comes across.
All thoughtful skeptics are.I'm kind of like an agnostic when it comes to ghosts.
I would not have you take my word for anything. This is all documented fact. That's the beauty of science, and why ego doesn't come into it. These aren't my ideas; these are simply facts, and they're available to anyone who cares about their education.
As far as you know!That's why I love ghosts, they don't have an ego. Anymore.
Hmm, you could be right. Beetlejuice was a total narcissist!As far as you know!
But if popular media has taught me nothing else, it's that ghosts can have huge egos. Look at Nearly Headless Nick, irate that he is not seen as worthy enough to be invited to the Headless Hunt. He's also quite proud of his courage during his life: "I hope I, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, have never been guilty of cowardice in my life! That's noble blood that runs in my veins!"
Hmm, you could be right. Beetlejuice was a total narcissist!
You know what would resolve all this? If we could all agree to visit a haunted place of some type in our local area, and see if there's anything to the rumors. Of course, there will be the usual skeptics, but I'd hope you all could be honest in relaying your experiences. Maybe at Halloween, we can do this, for festivity sake.
That would be fun. There's a cemetery in Old Town San Diego where they have Halloween events. (Interesting/useless fact - when they built the roads in Old Town they built them over parts of the cemetery, so there are little tiny brass markers in the pavement where people are buried.)You know what would resolve all this? If we could all agree to visit a haunted place of some type in our local area, and see if there's anything to the rumors. Of course, there will be the usual skeptics, but I'd hope you all could be honest in relaying your experiences. Maybe at Halloween, we can do this, for festivity sake.
No it doesn't.Every day billions of people all over the planet get thru their day ok by perceiving accurately what is going on in front of them. That fact alone totally refutes your claim that human perception is unreliable.
That's analogous to saying "every day billions of people all over the planet drive cars without having an accident. That fact alone refutes the claim that people die in car accidents ."