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Originally posted by qmantoo
Money talks and is the reason why some things such as orgone is never going to be accepted because no money is going to be allocated for reasonable research into it.
Originally posted by adeclerk
If I were you I wouldn't make daft claims of life energy when theres no evidence to support that it exists.
Originally posted by Dilligaf28
reply to post by Amaterasu
I've been receiving acupuncture treatments for a few years now so I thought I would comment. The needles, while not causing a level of pain so as to be physically felt (yes sometimes you do feel them) do cause stimulation of the nerve endings which leads to the release of endorphins.
It is also a well known fact that pain in one place can distract us from pain in another. A prime example of this is a swimmer getting a muscle cramp while in deep water. It is a commonly practiced tactic to bite one's tongue in this circumstance as the pain from the tongue bite will "override" the cramp pain and save the swimmer from drowning in the process.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Originally posted by adeclerk
If I were you I wouldn't make daft claims of life energy when theres no evidence to support that it exists.
Hardly "daft," love. *I* have evidence - I can feel it. If You cannot... [shrug] I guess that means You're right.
Uh... I guess.
Originally posted by wcitizen
Don't lecture me - lecture him, since it was he who made the ridiculous claim in the first place.
In case you don't remember, here is what he said:
clearly there is evidence for zero - for example the word itself exists
Therefore the logical equation he is postulating as evidence is:
It has a name = therefore it exists.
By the same logic he has just admitted that chemtrails exist, because according to HIS logic, anything with a name exists.
So, why are you trying to turn this around and make it look as though I came up with this ridiculous nonsense?
Oh yes, I forgot, that's what you do.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by wcitizen
Don't lecture me - lecture him, since it was he who made the ridiculous claim in the first place.
In case you don't remember, here is what he said:
clearly there is evidence for zero - for example the word itself exists
Therefore the logical equation he is postulating as evidence is:
It has a name = therefore it exists.
Bzztt......where did I say that the existence of the word zero PROVES the existence of zero?
I didn't - you are making up the connection - it's just another case of a chemmie dishonestly manufacturing "evidence"
If you go back to what I was actually referring to, someone had said there was NO evidence for zero. Well the fact that hte name exists is evidence - it does not PROVE that zero exists....it is not SUFFICIENT evidence...but it is evidence.
The fact that the word chemtrails exist is also evidence for chemtrails - but it does not prove the existence of chemtrails.
As I have always said, the quality of the evidence matters.
Certainly there is also other evidence for the existence of chemtrails - but when that evidence is examined it falls well short of actually proving they exist - indeed IMO i does not even suggest a meaningful possibility that they might exist.
But then I'm geting used to blatant dishonesty from chemmies
By the same logic he has just admitted that chemtrails exist, because according to HIS logic, anything with a name exists.
You are a liar - I did not say that and you dishonestly manufacturing this "evidence" evidence is more proof of the bankruptcy of the chemtrails hoax.
So, why are you trying to turn this around and make it look as though I came up with this ridiculous nonsense?
Oh yes, I forgot, that's what you do.
Indeed - identifying your ridiculous hoax, pointing out your dishonesty is EXACTLY what debunkers do.
You can stop it at any time - be honest for a change.edit on 4-6-2011 by Aloysius the Gaul because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wcitizen
Oh, come on. You truly showed yourself up by making that statement.
Let me repeat it:
"CLEARLY THERE IS EVIDENCE FOR ZERO - FOR EXAMPLE THE WORD ITSELF EXISTS."
You have totally discredited yourself with that kind of nonsensical logic.
Originally posted by adeclerk
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Originally posted by adeclerk
If I were you I wouldn't make daft claims of life energy when theres no evidence to support that it exists.
Hardly "daft," love. *I* have evidence - I can feel it. If You cannot... [shrug] I guess that means You're right.
Uh... I guess.
You can feel it? That may suffice as evidence for yourself, but some of us have real standards of evidence. Myself, I believe in what can be proven.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Here's the thing. Do You believe Your eyes? I mean, Your senses. If You were given the means, would experimentation give You a clue, doing it hands on convince You that something is real?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Amaterasu
I find my eyes play tricks.
I find my hearing, when it worked better than it does now, played tricks.
I've learned to not entirely trust my senses. They've tried to kill me more than once while hang gliding. I learned to place trust in my instruments.
Originally posted by adeclerk
reply to post by Amaterasu
Subject X's subjects didn't notice it anymore than what would be expected by chance, plus you said it was invalid because he didn't have a control.
What is the difference between using quartz crystal or something else, like sugar?
Originally posted by firepilot
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Here's the thing. Do You believe Your eyes? I mean, Your senses. If You were given the means, would experimentation give You a clue, doing it hands on convince You that something is real?
If we could just trust our "senses", then there would be no such thing as spacial disorientation
There was a study done, of putting non-instrument rated pilots into a simulator, and doing a scenario that they just flew into the clouds and lost all visibility. I think they all died, and the average time it took was 180 seconds.
When getting an instrument rating for a pilot license, you are specifically told to disregard senses and look at the instruments, because there are so many ways your senses and equilibrium system can lie to you, and kill you
While this is all very true, it is rather irrelevant. In order for it to be relevant One must presume that because there are conditions in which Our senses can give Us incorrect impressions We must conclude that Our senses ALWAYS give Us incorrect impressions. And that is absurd, based on My observations.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
I had one in which I was blindfolded and placed my hands out about a foot apart. A friend put the shooter in between my hands facing left or right. I could tell which hand was being "shot." 100% of the time.
What do I make of that, then?