The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113415   Message #2412217
Posted By: Bill D
13-Aug-08 - 12:17 AM
Thread Name: BS: You and your ESP
Subject: RE: BS: You and your ESP
I watched the video, and it 'seems' to show some startling abilities. I am still not sure whether the remote viewing of a 'facility' shows absolute connection or not. I'd like to see 10-15 repetitions with different types of locations chosen each time. *I'd* like to choose some locations.

In the last part, where heartrate is measured during the presentation of various images, the narrator keeps assuring us that it IS happening and that certain responses are ahead of the actual visual, 'proving' that some subjects are 'seeing' in the future. Well...I'd like to hear some analysis by respected skeptics in this area who know more details of the test parameters. To me, simply stating that "by golly, they done it!" is a bit premature.
   I get the impression that most, if not all, of these experiments were undertaken by folks who were not neutral about what they expected to find. *IF* the researcher is looking for and expecting success, it is quite common to unconciously slant the test to obtain the desired results.

I do still remain open to possibilities...but as I have noted before, I want it all to BE true, and I don't want to 'bite' on a flawed test. I still assert very strongly that emotional/psychological 'belief' can cause one to ...ummmm... lower the standards of proof? to miss little flaws? to make mistakes about interpretation of statistics?

   I have watched various tests for 40 years...from the Duke experiments in card reading to the silly 'levitation' films of the Yoga bunch..(the Maharishi?)... and I have seen SO many shown to be flawed. This was at least interesting and worth studying.