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Royal Mail's Nobel guru in telepathy row

Cardinal Chunder xxxx at xxxx.com
Fri Oct 12 14:19:52 EST 2001


Nick Lilavois wrote:

 > Cardinal Chunder <xxxx at xxxx.com> wrote:
 >
 >> Michael Painter wrote:
 >>
 >>> Newton was a nut also. Read the whole article to see what others
 >>>  think about this.
 >>>
 >
 >> Newton isn't even mentioned in the article, but regardless his
 >> ideas  might have been "out there" but he had the proof to back
 >> them up.
 >>
 >> The same cannot be said of *anything* paranormal where there is
 >> not the  slightest shred of proof that psychic powers, telepathy
 >> or clairvoyancy  exist in any way, shape or form.
 >>
 >
 > Wrong. Don't let your preconceptions and personal beliefs color your
 >  scientific objectivity- that was Brian Josephson's point.

My beliefs on this matter are only coloured by the fact that there no 
proper scientific research to back up such claims. The field of the 
paranormal is littered with plenty of flawed research, pseudo-science, 
mumbo-jumbo, speculations, distortions and hearsay. If a REAL research 
paper appeared that could withstand proper scientific scrutiny then I 
would have no problem in altering my views.

At present this seems none too likely to happen. Frankly I would have 
thought researchers into such stuff would be falling over themselves to 
produce proper proof. I mean, imagine the plaudits that would be 
bestowed on the person who finally proved beyond doubt that telepathy 
existed! And let's not forget a certain 1 million dollar prize that's on 
offer either, plus a lifetime of lucrative book deals and chat show 
appearances.




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