Paranormal Possibilities (and the Implications Thereof)

[Radical_Reformer]

**holds demonic fingers back**
*deep breath*
... I am in rehab ! don't tempt me !

, oh, a hot head, ha , I love a little sparring action.

Har ... ah, well ... I'd say Descartes was also a Great Soul, like the Buddha, if not quite a Mahatma after the fashion of Mohandas K. Gandhi, or the Theosophical Masters. I like these other topics, too.

I am glad to hear you are a fan of Descartes. Please tell us why you believe so ? Did you realize that his work lead to the development of calculus ? And his rule of signs allows one to determine the number of negative and postive roots in a polynomial .

But wasn't this thread about the Paranormal? I may have helped to derail it, but I'd rather either help to get it back on track, or else offer the suggestion that other topics get discussed on other threads - which we could start fairly easily.

I agree, but part of the job of a radical reformer is to derail. How else will one move the discussion in new directions .

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IF anyone has any theories on how "telekenesis, ESP," etc. might work, please share your thoughts.

And I do not believe in telekenesis, ESP or other paranormal activities. I think this is junk science. Show me the peer reviewed literature .

 

[taijasi]

Please tell us why you believe so ? Did you realize that his work lead to the development of calculus ? And his rule of signs allows one to determine the number of negative and postive roots in a polynomial .

What you just said ... good enough for me!

Seriously, actually. Descartes was speaking of the res cogitans, the res extensa, hundreds of years ago. He was speaking frankly, candidly, as well as he was able - and as much as he was permitted to - in an age when ignorance and oppression were still a choking fog (keeping Europe spiritually and intellectually in check).

Also, he showed us something important about Who and what we really are (the Cogito), by teaching us - or at least reminding us - how to stand on our heads. It's an important step in the right direction, even if it does remain to many a leap of Faith.

I agree, but part of the job of a radical reformer is to derail. How else will one move the discussion in new directions .

Agreed.

And I do not believe in telekenesis, ESP or other paranormal activities. I think this is junk science. Show me the peer reviewed literature .

Might I suggest delighting yourself with the Skeptical Inquirer then? It's right up your alley.

No really. It ought to keep you busy, and it will help reinforce what you already believe.