From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Aug 05 1999 - 20:54:48 MDT
Paul wrote:
> > I find it difficult to conceptualise what exactly these people are
> > studying. They seem to be looking at the body of science and then
> > looking for anomalous data.
>
> It's the anomalies that allow our scientific knowledge to
> grow. Only Studying easily predictable phenomena is about
> as idioitic as the guy who only looks for his keys where the
> light it is.
Yes I realise this. But there seems to be (at least to me) a conceptual
difference between creating a new theory of gravitation because the old one
fails to explain some phenomenon and studying the paranormal. Say I do some
experiments concerning the ability to predict symbols drawn on cards and my
data suggests that certain subjects are correct more often than probability
would suggest. Where do I go from here? What field of science does this
concern? The study of the *paranormal* can, by definition, only tell us
that science does not account for everything. This is not news.
BM
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