brooke
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I hear this hyperbolic claim made over and over again. Who are these "true disbelievers" anyway? Hopefully not a collection of straw men propped up for the sake of target practice. Is Shermer a true disbeliever? Dawkins? Dennett? French? Wiseman? The banned of seven? If so, how do you know that they could not be convinced? To just say that they have demonstrated a pattern of behavior is not enough. The claim is that nothing would ever be enough. I think that is incredibly unlikely.
It is quite easy to imagine any number of ways "true disbelievers" (whatever the hell that really means...I'm assuming it's synonymous with pseudo-skeptic) could be convinced. Reliably consistent (read reliably consistent) veridical information from OBE's, for one example, would do the trick for most. The ability to create technology that made use of psi effects would be another way. Even profound personal experiences would probably work with some of them...There are obviously many other ways.
I know that there are significant and real beefs that are justifiably leveled at the skeptical movement, and there are certainly many pseudo-skeptics out there doing their best to undermine any positive gains that the psi movement makes, but to say that they could not be convinced is, at best, pretty naive, and at worst, nothing more than hyperbolic bs. Perhaps some of our banned of seven could respond with what it would take for them to be convinced...
Cheers!
It is quite easy to imagine any number of ways "true disbelievers" (whatever the hell that really means...I'm assuming it's synonymous with pseudo-skeptic) could be convinced. Reliably consistent (read reliably consistent) veridical information from OBE's, for one example, would do the trick for most. The ability to create technology that made use of psi effects would be another way. Even profound personal experiences would probably work with some of them...There are obviously many other ways.
I know that there are significant and real beefs that are justifiably leveled at the skeptical movement, and there are certainly many pseudo-skeptics out there doing their best to undermine any positive gains that the psi movement makes, but to say that they could not be convinced is, at best, pretty naive, and at worst, nothing more than hyperbolic bs. Perhaps some of our banned of seven could respond with what it would take for them to be convinced...
Cheers!