Do you believe aliens exist?

[rustypup]

Learned people of the day differed.

It was already a popular hypothesis at the time so, no. Learned people of the day did not actually differ.

His work wasn't focused on the hypothesis of a globe - It was centered on devising methods by which we could confirm whether or not it was. His arguments were damned solid and remain so today.

Eratosthenes efforts finally put to bed the idiotic idea that the Earth was uniquely flat whilst every other celestial body was a globe

It's only flat-earth whackjobs who continue with the most banal and delusional of arguments based on ignorance and cultish adherence to the stupidity. ie, conspiracy theorists with minds so open you can hear the breeze wafting through.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Fun question:

Who believes in telepathy?

People who believe in God? She is speaking in their heads.

 

[chrisc]

Fun question:

Who believes in telepathy?

Yes, I do

A cousin (81) in England is able to communicate with her daughter (50) in Canada. Its not like speaking on the phone, more of a realisation that she is receiving a message. The daughter appeared on CNC Television in Montreal. Her mother was in a studio in Birmingham. The presenter in Montreal had a set of 10 sentences and questions ranging from what the daughter was wearing, some problems she had with her car, some new neighbours who turned out to be French-speaking immigrants from the DRC who had spent some time in Cape Town

9 questions were answered correctly. One mistake was the car problem she had. It was not a tyre problem as such but poor traction on an icy road

There was a mixed response from viewers. More than 60% said it was all faked. Only 3 out of 1400 people who responded said they had encountered this phenomenen

 

[Mariner]

Not saying it is all believable , but it opens the mind .
We have been trained to think inside the box , and programmed anything outside the box is conspiracy theory.

the word conspiracy theory is used as a thought stopper.

Thinking out of the box is something all management trainees are required to do. It's not a unique gift. Millions are capable of it and use it daily.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Thinking out of the box is something all management trainees are required to do. It's not a unique gift. Millions are capable of it and use it daily.

There's an ai for that

 

[Mariner]

Yes, I do

A cousin (81) in England is able to communicate with her daughter (50) in Canada. Its not like speaking on the phone, more of a realisation that she is receiving a message. The daughter appeared on CNC Television in Montreal. Her mother was in a studio in Birmingham. The presenter in Montreal had a set of 10 sentences and questions ranging from what the daughter was wearing, some problems she had with her car, some new neighbours who turned out to be French-speaking immigrants from the DRC who had spent some time in Cape Town

9 questions were answered correctly. One mistake was the car problem she had. It was not a tyre problem as such but poor traction on an icy road

There was a mixed response from viewers. More than 60% said it was all faked. Only 3 out of 1400 people who responded said they had encountered this phenomenen

It's a pity James Randi wasn't there. He was famous for catching charlatans and nobody could prove telepathy, psychic ability or any other pseudoscience when he was around. He offered US$1 million to anyone who could prove any pseudoscience to him. The prize was still unclaimed at the time of his death.

 

[Mariner]

There's an ai for that

AI can't think. It can only look up known information rapidly and compile it according to instructions.

 

[Lupus]

Have you seen us on Mybb??

 

[Quixotic]

It was already a popular hypothesis at the time so, no. Learned people of the day did not actually differ.

His work wasn't focused on the hypothesis of a globe - It was centered on devising methods by which we could confirm whether or not it was. His arguments were damned solid and remain so today.

Eratosthenes efforts finally put to bed the idiotic idea that the Earth was uniquely flat whilst every other celestial body was a globe

It's only flat-earth whackjobs who continue with the most banal and delusional of arguments based on ignorance and cultish adherence to the stupidity. ie, conspiracy theorists with minds so open you can hear the breeze wafting through.

This is for all those who fill their thoughts with flights of fancy or let their imagination run wild. Never seen it captured so well. So funny as well

 

[scud]

It's a pity James Randi wasn't there. He was famous for catching charlatans and nobody could prove telepathy, psychic ability or any other pseudoscience when he was around. He offered US$1 million to anyone who could prove any pseudoscience to him. The prize was still unclaimed at the time of his death.

James Randi was a magician , all deception and misdirection, all of his tricks were debunked , he had no genuine supernatural abilities.

 

[Mariner]

James Randi was a magician , all deception and misdirection, all of his tricks were debunked , he had no genuine supernatural abilities.

James Randi didn't do tricks when debunking the supernatural. He knew the tricks because of his background. Read my post again. You've got the wrong end of the stick.

 

[scud]

James Randi didn't do tricks when debunking the supernatural.

We can't be certain here, he could technically have been doing this. Magicians are very good at deception, he could easily do both

 

[Mariner]

We can't be certain here, he could technically have been doing this. Magicians are very good at deception, he could easily do both

No, he offered US$1 million to anyone who could prove they were psychic or had supernatural powers. Here's just one video:

There are plenty for you to watch.

 

[scud]

No, he offered US$1 million to anyone who could prove they were psychic or had supernatural powers. Here's just one video:

There are plenty for you to watch.

Well i don’t trust charlatans, and we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.

 

[Scary_Turtle]

Well i don’t trust charlatans, and we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.

Lol he is a mentalist and magician. Self proclaimed.

Not a charlatans like every other, psychic, speak to the dead, snake oil salesman, religious healer etc

He could do everything all the charlatans could do and at the end he would say this is fake and show people how it is done.

He never paid out any money because there is no such thing as the supernatural haha. Here is the proof haha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

 

[AnimateX]

Jeez some folks here
I can understand wanting to believe in the supernatural and everything wondrous. It's way more exciting than reality but when you forgo basic logic and reasoning skills to do so, you only cheat your own ability to see things for how they are.

 

[Mariner]

Well i don’t trust charlatans, and we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.

Which of those in the videos are the charlatans?

He didn't have to pay out because those chancers couldn't prove their powers.

Do you actually read what is posted?

 

[scud]

Lol he is a mentalist and magician. Self proclaimed.

Not a charlatans like every other, psychic, speak to the dead, snake oil salesman, religious healer etc

He could do everything all the charlatans could do and at the end he would say this is fake and show people how it is done.

He never paid out any money because there is no such thing as the supernatural haha. Here is the proof haha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

Look, mentalism isn't genuinely supernatural, so he is obviously charlatan

And we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.
If someone did give him evidence of supernatural powers, I doubt he would have told anyone.
His challenge could have nee a honey trap, which would make more sense considering him claiming to be a magician / mentalist

 

[Scary_Turtle]

Look, mentalism isn't genuinely supernatural, so he is obviously charlatan

And we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.
If someone did give him evidence of supernatural powers, I doubt he would have told anyone.
His challenge could have nee a honey trap, which would make more sense considering him claiming to be a magician / mentalist

Omg mentalist do not have powers.

"Notable magicians Penn & Teller and James Randi argue that a key difference between a mentalist and a psychic is that the former is a skilled artist or entertainer who accomplishes their feats through practice, while the latter conventionally claims to have supernatural experiences and/or receive divine revelations from a God"

Mentalism - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No one has supernatural powers and he did not pay out this is a famous story. Also everything was documented and had TV cameras etc so people like could go watch it and see their famous charlatans getting debunked.

 

[Mariner]

Look, mentalism isn't genuinely supernatural, so he is obviously charlatan

Randi doesn't use mentalism to debunk pseudoscience frauds. He uses science.

And we don’t have evidence that he didn’t actually pay out for any proof of natural super powers.

All his proof was conducted in public.

If someone did give him evidence of supernatural powers, I doubt he would have told anyone.

Again, All his proof was conducted in public.

His challenge could have nee a honey trap, which would make more sense considering him claiming to be a magician / mentalist

Are you aware what a honey trap is?