Wolfgang,

I find it surprising that you have stated that I have been obfuscating and that you then say in your last post something very similar to what I was saying.

To make myself clear: Just because a scientist has not yet proven some thing or a phenomenon to exist or to be true does not mean that that thing or phenomenon does not exist or is not true. What has not yet been proven is not necessarily impossible. There have been numerous occasions in history when scientists have argued vehemently that a thing or a phenomenon cannot possibly be true because the scientists haven't yet found the tools or the information they need yet to find the truth. The history of human flight engines, and the history of the study and use of electricity are two examples.

Psychic phenomena have not been proven scientifically to exist or be true to the satisfaction of some people, and I welcome the scientific methods which can examine these phenomena in controlled scientific studies, however, I do not welcome scientific attitudes which are applying, as katlaughing said, analytical disdain on these phenomena and on the people who have experienced them.

For my own part, I agree with the sentiments expressed by some people in this thread that I don't care whether other people believe me or not about the psychic experiences I have had. I know what I have experienced, I am not gullible and rushing to believe what I want to believe, I have tested the experiences and I have also worked towards making my psychic abilities more controllable and specific.

It may be that many people who have had psychic experiences also don't care whether scientists do or don't believe in the existence of these phenomena and therefore they do not feel compelled to prove anything in scientific experiments. Maybe it's like trying to find a badger or a Tasmanian Tiger. Maybe the animal prefers to live its own life in peace and prefers not to become the subject of scientific study.

I know that my life and experience have been made far richer and deeper because of my psychic abilities and experiences and I would not trade that for anything.

Helen