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Originally posted by Josephus23
reply to post by evil incarnate
As I said, I am confused.
And if you want to clear it up rather than attack me personally then I would highly appreciate it.
Your first post was a list of 3 sites that debunked the OP, very poorly too I might add.
Your next post, which contained the quote in question, states exactly what you have just stated, kind of.
You start out by stating that
Of course we can recreate things with video and that does not mean they are not real.
And this is where the confusion sets in...
When dealing with things like research, a writer always looks for parsimony.
This is just the simplest way to do things.
And one huge flaw that happens to people is that several choose to use two negatives to prove something.
This is horribly confusing and no scientist would write things in such a manner.
So either one of two things exist
either you made a typo and meant to type
"that does not mean that they are real"
or...
you used to two negatives to create positive by stating that
"that does not mean that they are not real"
when you should have stated
"that does not meant that they are fake"
I suppose that I could tell you to read it AGAIN, but I will let you do take care of doing that, the reading I meant.
Congruence and parsimony are always the goal when expressing interpretations of data.
Originally posted by Josephus23
reply to post by DJW001
Where are these people coming from putting these stars?
I am sorry, but the video does not prove anything.
Anything AT ALL.
Whether it's him or someone else.
You cannot use a lack of evidence to come to a conclusion.
You cannot use a lack of evidence to come to a conclusion.
Originally posted by Josephus23
reply to post by evil incarnate
How in the world do you get arrogance out of me pointing out the flaws in the logic employed by some on this board?
I could list a litany of personal attacks toward me that permeate your comments, but I would rather stick to the facts.
I read the posts in question both before your last comment and after, and now that you have cleared up exactly what you meant, then I am not confused.
You could have simply typed
"that does not meant that they are fake"
And it would have made this a lot easier.
If an argument is not worded in a congruent manner then it is liable to be confused.
Just like I typed from the beginning.
I was confused by what you meant.
Thank you for the clarification.
The funny thing about this is that now that I understand your argument...
We agree with one another.
[edit on 3/18/2010 by Josephus23]
That does not prove that they are not real.
Originally posted by Josephus23
reply to post by evil incarnate
Enjoy your adrenaline rush evil.
As I said before, thank you for the clarification, but this is not a proper statement.
That does not prove that they are not real.
This statement is confusing, no matter how you try to break it down. Ask a teacher if you are in school and if not, then I suggest you find one.
And yet another post ridiculing me personally and not any logic that I have used.
You guys are funny.
I have to go to a lab and do real science guys.
The OP was a good read. I hope that y'all had fun derailing it.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
When did I say you were harassing people? Are you ok?
Originally posted by evil incarnate
If all you want to do it post Hutchison videos and then harass anyone not jumping behind you to cheer for him then this is nothing more than trolling.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
The video did not post anything here, I did. You were responding to me.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
So, if videos are the only evidence you have then showing how easily videos can be tricks just points out that that level of evidence is worthless on its own.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
Freezer tried to argue that being able to recreate the sun on video must be evidence that the sun is not real.
Originally posted by Freezer
So I guess if I can fake an image of the sun, that means the sun must be a hoax right?
Originally posted by evil incarnate
I merely stated that all there was as evidence was video and that was not enough to make it real.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
There is also...
skywise711
actionskeptics
randi
and I really enjoyed...
Just some things to think about.
Originally posted by evil incarnate
Freezer then tried to argue that just because they are on video does not mean they are fake.
Originally posted by Freezer
I was responding to the video you posted labeled "Antigravity Hutchison effect" which was obviously meant to imply that's how Hutchison produced his video, as the title of the video says so.
I simply stated that just because you can fake a particular effect, doesn't mean that effect doesn't exist. (My opinion of the composite video you posted)