Chronicles the email exchange between Skeptiko host, Alex Tsakiris and noted Skeptic, James Randi regarding DogsThatKnow experiment.
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Part 2 of Chris Carter, Parapsychology and the Skeptics. Examines how the Skeptical community and magazines like the Skeptical Inquirer deal with scientific evidence for psi, telepathy and ESP:
“… you have to remember, the argument isn’t really about the evidence. The argument is about [Skeptic’s] assumptions and their preconceptions. There preconceptions are that these sort of phenomena don’t make any sense and challenge their worldview… so there going to do anything they possibly can to dismiss evidence that challenges their preconceptions.”
Tsakiris: “I don’t agree with you… I think they believe they have examined the evidence and have honestly come to a different conclusion.”
Carter also traces the origins of the Skeptical community and its links to atheism and secular humanism.
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Host discusses video of telepathic dog experiment recently posted on YouTube:
“if you look at how skeptics look at this stuff, there’s an almost unavoidable urge to make decisions that undermine the results. This can be unintentional. It’s just built into the worldview that these folks have, and it’s very, very difficult to overcome….”
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Guest: Chris Carter on the scientific argument for ESP, telepathy and other psi phenomena – and how Skeptics misjudge, misinterpret and get it wrong:
“… I think magazines like Skeptical Inquirer and originations like Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)… the problem is they lump scientific researchers in with all the practitioners of the occult without drawing any distinction between them” .
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