David Bailey
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Well the dog experiment is pretty definite. People with pets actually see this phenomenon. Ofcourse the natural assumption is that it is something like hearing the car at a distance, but when these explanations are removed by the experimental design, and the effect remains, I think that is huge.The dog experiment, while fascinating, is absolutely POSITIVELY miniscule in scope as compared to Powell's observations. There's nothing open to interpretation about what she is claiming this girl is doing. Comparing the two experiments is apples to oranges. And the difference between them is why I'm being so vocal about this. There is no other psychic power operating at this magnitude that I can think of. Can you?
Well I'm not saying 'should', I am merely making a cynical prediction. I am giving you my explanation as to why the whole area of ψ hasn't been proven beyond all doubt (90%) or disproven beyond doubt (10%).It's sort of like you're saying that parapsychologists should throw in the towel. I mean, why should they study anything at all? Why even try? What's the point of Sheldrake or Radin or any other prominent parapsychologist studying miniscule effects (at the risk of humiliating themselves) when they can study an effect that is instead off the charts? If the end result is still the risk of career suicide, why not go for the gusto? The idea that parapsychologists shouldn't care about the very strongest displays of psi abilities is kind of bizarre, actually. I don't get it at all.
I think a lot of researchers are scared by the power of the 'skeptics' to make trouble. You have to ask yourself why experimenters aren't flocking to examine every experiment that seems to give positive evidence for ψ - naively you would expect huge interest.
David
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