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13 Jan 2021, 1:26 am

Completely agree with Fnord. I honestly can't stand anything but naturalistic explanations that allow us to anticipate experience with a reasonable degree of confidence. Anything more than that is not worth my energy, but if it helps make life more tolerable for others, and it doesn't make life less tolerable for anyone else, then it's a good thing, generally.


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13 Jan 2021, 1:30 am

Fnord wrote:
Seriously though, I would like to see quantitative research performed by real scientists on every aspect of spiritualism.  And I mean real research -- double-blind tests with real, valid, calibrated instruments on large samples of the spiritualist population, et cetera -- a process that does not rely on subjective descriptions of one person's "feelings".


Honestly, this would be such a waste of time, effort, and funding that is better spent on more important areas of research. What could we possibly gain from this besides confirming what we already know to be false?


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