From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon Sep 02 2002 - 12:21:51 MDT
On 2 Sep 2002 at 5:07, bricoleur wrote:
>
> Joe Dees:
> Why don't any of them get in touch with the Amazing Randi and claim
> his million dollar bounty for any scientifically verifiable evidence
> for paranormal phenomena, hmmmm? --------------------
>
> Probably has to do with the whole new-age fluff of, "I am not
> interested in material wealth and do not require that type of 'ego'
> driven confirmation... blah blah..."
>
> I agree with you Joe, but is caution required to not become a material
> fundamentalist? How far should we go to entertaining these
> ‘anomalous’ experiences?
>
> I ask (having only read the variety of excellent posts regarding the
> scientific method available here) how valid is the argument that,
> “There are likely explanations within the grasp of future
> science that may validate a lot of what he dismisses offhand simply
> because of a lack of research in these areas”?
>
> And what is the validity of the case, “Leaning on 'science' as
> justification for dismissing outright things we don't yet understand
> or have a rigorous knowledge of betrays smallmindedness”?
>
> Please bear with me as I try to get a clearer understanding of the
> different opinions in this ‘type’ of subject. This is a
> learning process for me and I am looking for feedback and therefore
> many of the questions and/or opinions I express may not reflect my
> current POV.
>
> Take care and control.
> Bricoleur.
>
Those who accept the verification principle of scientific experimentation
and evidence, and the principle of popperian falsifiability, are always
willing to change, modify, elaborate and/or refine their positions as a
result of new evidence or novel logic applied to existing knowledge;
they therefore cannot be said to be fundamentalists, as their so-called
'fundament' is ever-changing.
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