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Post by Nitaidas on Jul 27, 2011 14:27:48 GMT -6
Yes, this is sad news. It is just another indication of what a stupid nation I live in.
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Post by vkaul1 on Jul 27, 2011 15:57:14 GMT -6
I don't think the polls are that accurate. The atheist and agnostic and mildly religious population is increasing all the name. Actually, I won't call Obama religious.
Another thing on paranormal activity. If it is well documented, why does somebody not demonstrate it and get the prize from Randi?
In 1922, Scientific American offered two US $2,500 offers: (1) for the first authentic spirit photograph made under test conditions, and (2) for the first psychic to produce a "visible psychic manifestation." Harry Houdini was a member of the investigating committee. The first medium to be tested was George Valiantine, who claimed that in his presence spirits would speak through a trumpet that floated around a darkened room. For the test, Valiantine was placed in a room, the lights were extinguished, but unbeknownst to him his chair had been rigged to light a signal in an adjoining room if he ever left his seat. Because the light signals were tripped during his performance, Valiantine did not collect the award.[42] The last to be examined by Scientific American was Mina Crandon in 1924.
Since then, many individuals and groups have offered similar monetary awards for proof of the paranormal in an observed setting. These prizes have a combined value of over $2.4 million dollars.[43]
The James Randi Educational Foundation offers a prize of a million dollars to a person who can prove that they have supernatural or paranormal abilities under appropriate test conditions. No famous psychic has gone through with taking the challenge.
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Post by kalki on Jul 28, 2011 15:43:52 GMT -6
Yes, this is sad news. It is just another indication of what a stupid nation I live in. What is so stupid? That Americans believe in God or that they believe in a universal spirit? Either one seems normal to me. That we feel something is pervading the universe is quite a normal and I think rather insightful idea. |
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