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originally posted by: tanka418
I submit sir: that you are wholly ignorant of the nature of "Empirical Evidence". Go find a dictionary and look it up...
I'm not sure how personal anecdotal data from a personal experience qualifies as being empirical evidence. maybe in the very broad general definition of "empirical" (which generally means "through observation or experience"), but not really by the definition usually used in science. For the most part, anecdotal experiences are not necessarily empirical observations.
originally posted by: BestinShow
a reply to: andr01d
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originally posted by: ObservingTheWorld
a reply to: LogicalRazor
Oh come now, we are not so naive as to believe there will ever be any evidence of any claim regarding aliens. You know as well as I that what you ask for is not possible from ANY poster on this thread. Theories, dreams and speculations are just that. As such, one is as insane as another. But insanity, applied the right way, can be quit entertaining.
originally posted by: LogicalRazor
a reply to: ObservingTheWorld
Please provide evidence of all your insane claims.
Thank you.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
While personal experience/observation can be (under certain conditions) empirical evidence per se, that personal experience or observation should not be something that only the claimant (the person claiming to have had the experience/made the observation) could have experienced.
The general definition for empirical evidence is usually data that can be observed and agreed upon by anyone. An example would be an experimenter observing that, during an experiment, water boiled when it reached a temperature of 100 C at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Anyone repeating that experiment in the same manner should get the same observed empirical data as the next person.
en.wikipedia.org...
Empirical evidence (also empirical data, sense experience, empirical knowledge, or the a posteriori) is a source of knowledge acquired by means of observation or experimentation.[1] The term comes from the Greek word for experience,
Once you apply critical thinking and knowledge to bogus claims, it becomes clear just how ridiculous they are.
originally posted by: tanka418
Telepathy is a real phenomena and has been demonstrated both in the laboratory, and in the "real" world.
originally posted by: LogicalRazor
I've read an exhaustive amount of research regarding telepathy and psychokinesis....never did I ever come across any experiments that were able to conclusively prove the existence of either phenomenon. I would be VERY interested if you could point me to a credible study/experiment. It would be beyond interesting.
originally posted by: tanka418
There is no "conclusive proof" by your standards...yet.
However, I am not s encumbered. When One can make it work, the need for any sort of scientific evidence is no longer required.
I'm sorry, but I can provide no verifiable data for you, only anecdotal evidence. But, you need to understand that scientific protocol is not restricted to the laboratory and may be individually applied with equal success.
originally posted by: conundrummer
What happened to "demonstrated both in the laboratory, and in the 'real' world"? Scientific protocol may not be restricted to the lab, but it does insist on more than anecdotal evidence.