tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484359264026239336.post8652055912135463741..comments2024-02-13T12:10:51.034-08:00Comments on Skeptical Psychic: The Skeptic's ReligionNancy du Tertrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13032556390393559969noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484359264026239336.post-29191266371164683782010-03-01T16:04:08.888-08:002010-03-01T16:04:08.888-08:00Bzzt! Thanks for playing, but's obvious you do...Bzzt! Thanks for playing, but's obvious you don't have the slightest idea what a skeptic is, or why science works. It has NOTHING to do with fitting facts into "one reality" or "some preexisting framework."<br /><br />Science is based on observation, repeatability of those observations, and those observations leading to predictions that can, in turn, be observed.<br /><br />So let's take your little example of Geller and his cutlery. The reason why your memories, ambiguous as they are, don't count as scientific evidence is because they can't be repeated. I can't go back in time and see what Geller really did, and how he, more than likely, fooled you. That's not to say that just because it looked like a cheap parlor trick it wasn't done psychically. But when Geller was asked to do that same demonstration under the conditions that would make it impossible to do that cheap parlor trick (for example, filming him from two angles, or not allowing him to handle the spoons beforehand), he always failed. Always, repeatedly. Special plead all you want, he couldn't do it.<br /><br />But I thank you for proving the value of skepticism by appropriating the term, even if you have no idea what it means.Scott Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239391361895323698noreply@blogger.com