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originally posted by: ProfessorChaos
a reply to: VoidHawk
Like Admirethedistance said, these shows aren't going to show you a lot of psychic fails, or they wouldn't have a show. I have ties to the Ghost Hunters show, and I can tell you that they aren't showing you the 99% of investigations that go absolutely NOWHERE, and even the ones they depict as having phenomena, they exaggerate for the sake of ratings.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
a reply to: ProfessorChaos
While I like to remain open minded, I would still say I dont believe what we see in those episodes. What concerns me is the number of career people opening themselves up to ridicule, thats why I posted about it.
Maybe it is real, but personally, I suspect this all part of the conditioning being pumped into the masses.
originally posted by: VoidHawk
originally posted by: ProfessorChaos
a reply to: VoidHawk
Like Admirethedistance said, these shows aren't going to show you a lot of psychic fails, or they wouldn't have a show. I have ties to the Ghost Hunters show, and I can tell you that they aren't showing you the 99% of investigations that go absolutely NOWHERE, and even the ones they depict as having phenomena, they exaggerate for the sake of ratings.
I dont normaly watch tv because I know its all scripted, and thats kinda my point though. Why would so many senior policeman risk their careers? Who provided the script and how did they get so many senior policeman to cooperate?
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
It's television. It's scripted.
The series production does not investigate the claims of the psychics showcased or confirm their claims
For entertainment it instead recreates some of the atmosphere surrounding psychic claims
originally posted by: hellobruce
originally posted by: Cuervo
a reply to: VoidHawk
I can't vouch for the evidence brought forth by an entertainment program but science has validated several aspects of psychic phenomenon.
They have? Care to show us exactly when and where that was done?
originally posted by: Cuervo
Here's a nice list of peer reviewed studies:
Peer reviewed studies
Conclusions: The methodologic limitations of several studies make it difficult to draw definitive conclusions about the efficacy of distant healing.
However, the review presented a scientifically unsound mixture of theological and scientific arguments, and two of the included trials that had a large impact on the findings had problems that were not described in the review. The review fails to live up to the high standards required for Cochrane reviews.
No outcomes differences were significant;
This experiment suggests that a single application of heal- ing intention may be insufficient to affect human brain cell colony formation or random number generators to a signif- icant degree.
INTERPRETATION:
Neither masked prayer nor MIT therapy significantly improved clinical outcome after elective catheterisation or percutaneous coronary intervention.
CONCLUSIONS: Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.
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