tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post7452957121798872817..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: *ding* You've got mail!Gordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-29410681651227590722012-07-17T01:48:20.674-07:002012-07-17T01:48:20.674-07:00Thanks so much!Thanks so much!Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-25491228656012083742012-07-16T18:20:50.472-07:002012-07-16T18:20:50.472-07:00Gordon, I am nominating you for the Sunshine Award...Gordon, I am nominating you for the Sunshine Award! There is no need to do anything other than enjoy it but if you want to share the sunshine, details are up on my blog right now. http://mycoignofvantage.wordpress.com/AMHCarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276043070020641113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-49024425028688721142012-07-16T09:05:38.717-07:002012-07-16T09:05:38.717-07:00It's possible that there are some phenomena th...It's possible that there are some phenomena that can only be detected by the human mind, by means of some woo emanations that we don't have an instrument to detect. Especially when you consider that not every detector that physicists have the ability to design, is necessarily available to the people looking into a phenomenon.<br /><br />However, that's not an excuse for failing to investigate scientifically. If an effect is real, then when it occurs, different people should experience it at the same time. So you have a way to test. Of course you have to set things up to prevent the people from influencing each other.<br /><br />If different people independently viewing the same area can't agree on what's happening or even when something interesting is happening, then I submit that the best explanation for the phenomenon is imagination. <br /><br />It also doesn't remove the obligation to check for those things we _can_ detect. We already know that low-frequency sound can make people think they're experiencing a haunting. If you investigate a supposed haunting, and you _don't_ check for the presence of subsonics, then you've failed to eliminate a likely explanation for the experience.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com