Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
30th January 2013, 10:57 AM
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More data, and more data....
Shrike and Parcher,
You can believe what you would like. You can express any opinion that you like. The JREF forums tolerate all kinds and all points of view. Including Refuse-nik woo (yes,...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
29th January 2013, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 180
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Shrike,
You said this:
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1)...
Shrike,
You said this:
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1) I'm not merely talking about activity "on the surface". My opinion on this matter includes what we know from fishing nest and trawls, oceanic exploration of...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
28th January 2013, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 3,272
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Crypto-comments
Jerrywayne,
I finished reading the JSTOR article from 1984, and found it interesting. Thanks for providing the URL link. The author's basic tenet is that Huevelmans got a lot of the macrocosmic...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
28th January 2013, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 3,272
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Jerrywayne,
I have been reading this thread...
Jerrywayne,
I have been reading this thread with a quizzical look at some of the stuff. But it is different.
Thunderbirds are some of the reports that are on Stand Gordon's website: ...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
28th January 2013, 11:18 AM
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
28th January 2013, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Shrike,
You are postulating that due to the...
Shrike,
You are postulating that due to the amount of human activity on the surface of the oceans that more reports of creatures uncatalogued by science should be in hand. What I would say in...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
27th January 2013, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 180
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Shrike,
I see no strawman. I have yet to...
Shrike,
I see no strawman. I have yet to put up one. However, I am responding to Parcher's comment (posting #150 in this thread) that "But surely we have dragged huge nets through more than 5%...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
27th January 2013, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 180
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I thought I would post this item here, so that...
I thought I would post this item here, so that people understand where I am coming from.
I will reiterate what I said before: I am not a refuse-nik, but a Skeptic. Skeptics not only keep an open...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
26th January 2013, 07:16 PM
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
26th January 2013, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Jerrywayne,
I had a chance to look at the...
Jerrywayne,
I had a chance to look at the links you provided. Thanks for posting them.
The one on Chupacabras I shrug my shoulders. I was under the impression that one of those large-eared...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
26th January 2013, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 180
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Thanks Jerrywayne for these links. I will get...
Thanks Jerrywayne for these links. I will get back to you once I look at all of them.
The view that the world is fully explored is incorrect. I think, with the information that I have in hand...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
26th January 2013, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
A little bit more
Jerrywayne,
You are correct. Eyewitness testimony is the/a key sticking point. Did they see what they claimed? Did they misidentify? Are there people (similar to in Sasquatchery) who hoax...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
25th January 2013, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
To be clear: I am not a refuse-nik (dismiss...
To be clear: I am not a refuse-nik (dismiss things straight out of hand), but a skeptic (and that requires an open mind to things presented to me--and it requires some activity outside of thought...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
24th January 2013, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 180
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A little bit more about the context
Shrike,
I think that you may have missed the whole point of the discussion as I have posted it, from what I can see.
Let me explain a little bit more.
My argumentation, in a nutshell, is...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
24th January 2013, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 180
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Shrike and Correa N,
Your points are well...
Shrike and Correa N,
Your points are well taken.
I would only add that these were trained observers. Not merely "untrained observers," as the category that I myself might be lumped into. They...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
24th January 2013, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
24th January 2013, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
23rd January 2013, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Thanks Correa Neto for your responses. I would...
Thanks Correa Neto for your responses. I would like to have someone look at the actual picture that was included with the report, but I was admonished not to reproduce it. It is a very interesting...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
23rd January 2013, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 180
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
23rd January 2013, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Brazil 1905 sighting
Parcher, you are correct on the point that it is a claim. However, you and I weren't there. So I can't make a declarative statement on whether this observation event was a case of mistaken identity...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
22nd January 2013, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 180
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Dinwar,
Here's a definition of the phrasing...
Dinwar,
Here's a definition of the phrasing "scientific method" (URL link: http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/scientific%20method):
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NOUN:
The principles and...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
22nd January 2013, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,529
my two cents
The cosmic radiation hazard has been known for quite some time, since the 1960s. It has been a concern since then. Even the Russians, in their year-long space travel simulation (on Earth, at IBMP...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
22nd January 2013, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Dinwar,
I understand what you are saying. ...
Dinwar,
I understand what you are saying. But in this case, you do indeed have ornithologists, and they were educated in the scientific method (or at least, we can hope that they were--but I...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
22nd January 2013, 09:08 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
More on 1905 sighting near Brazil river
Correa Neto,
It is correct that this is a "just a sighting." But it was a sighting that is a first-person account, if I am reading this correctly.
It says here, in the first paragraph:
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
21st January 2013, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Correa Neto,
Your reservations about...
Correa Neto,
Your reservations about cryptozoology is well-placed.
However, scientists have, from time to time, eyewitnessed creatures unknown to science in the wild. And were unable to...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
21st January 2013, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
20th January 2013, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 49
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Quarky,
Would you be willing to relate some...
Quarky,
Would you be willing to relate some of your dolphin stories (as in, post them here in this thread)? I would be interested in reading them.
If you are inclined, thanks in advance.
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
20th January 2013, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
More Mackal
Mike,
Certainly can provide more data on this person.
Mackal = Dr. Roy Mackal (of the University of Chicago), biochemist/virologist, PhD 1953
Here's his biography, which is fairly complete,...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
19th January 2013, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Megalodon, and the Mariana Trench story
I have spent some time today attempting to track down an original source for the story alleging that a Japanese oceanographic expedition videotaped an unknown creature in the Mariana Trench, which...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
19th January 2013, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
MikeG,
Thanks for your response.
So...
MikeG,
Thanks for your response.
So you ID'ed a creature that is called Mokele Mbembe = Northern White Rhino.
But what about these other creatures that Mackal was told about? (URL link at...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
19th January 2013, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 11,920
My inputs on Fatima
I am coming at the Marian Apparition topic from the viewpoint of a Roman Catholic, who has had substantive education in scientific thought and method.
There remain things dealing with religon and...
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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology
19th January 2013, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,564
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
19th January 2013, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
A little bit more on Megalodon
Correo Neto and Dinwar,
Here is some more information about Megalodon that I have found on the Web (I am hopeful that these URL links will register--I guess we'll find out if I posted enough...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
19th January 2013, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 431
Views: 40,046
BFF..I visited there recently
I have visited the Big Foot Forums recently (over the last 3 weeks), and I am taken aback by how much rumor-mongering is going on...and the rumors don't even have any evidence (other than other...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
17th January 2013, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Dinwar,
I agree with you. All we have at...
Dinwar,
I agree with you. All we have at the moment are eyewitness accounts of alleged Megalodon sightings (with no other data to verify such accounts). And reports of two Megalodon teeth that...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
17th January 2013, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Since I posted, I was thinking about one other...
Since I posted, I was thinking about one other potential survival from a while back, the giant shark Megalodon.
Back in September 2012 on a local TV station, they were broadcasting a syndicated...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
17th January 2013, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 180
Views: 15,134
Heuvelmans wrote two books that I read a while...
Heuvelmans wrote two books that I read a while back. "In the Wake of the Sea Serpents" and "On the Track of Unknown Animals." Both of these stoked my young person interest (subsequent to my reading...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
17th January 2013, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 4,712
Views: 576,660
Megan Fox... Sheesh... LOL And she doesn't...
Megan Fox... Sheesh... LOL And she doesn't meet the stereotype of blonde dimwittedness... as she has dark hair.
I liked her husband in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (If I am...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
15th January 2013, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 25
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Basiago has on the project pegasus website...
Basiago has on the project pegasus website (xterra's link) a page devoted to a book entitled (that he claims he had been working on) "Once Upon a Time in the Time Stream: My Adventures in Project...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
13th January 2013, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,160
Holy Moley....
Thanks Ward and Xterra for...
Holy Moley....
Thanks Ward and Xterra for the further link hints...
You're right..plenty of what I wanted to see, and a lot more that I didn't. He wants to run for President of the United...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
12th January 2013, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,160
More on the Radio Program
Everyone,
I decided to download and listen to the Radio Program that Whitley has on his website concerning Time Travel.
I was squirming throughout the 36 minute presentation, because there...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
11th January 2013, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,160
Whitley Streiber Radio Show on Time Machines
Just today, I visited Whitley Streiber's "Dreamland" radio webpage, and they are going to be posting a discussion (I guess today) about a book (that, as I found out on Amazon, will be appearing this...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
11th January 2013, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 4,712
Views: 576,660
Robert Lindsay = Woo Meister Extraordinaire. ...
Robert Lindsay = Woo Meister Extraordinaire.
He makes claims that never pan out, claims he is a journalist (!!!!???), and puts up a lot of what apparently is bigfootery "fan fiction" as the...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
28th December 2012, 11:55 AM
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Views: 576,660
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
22nd December 2012, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 141
Views: 6,601
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
15th December 2012, 10:14 AM
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Views: 71,315
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
14th December 2012, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 203
Views: 25,639
I predict that a major event dealing with the...
I predict that a major event dealing with the Loch Ness Monster will take place, probably by Autumn.
I predict that a President of a major nation (east of Eastern Europe) will be removed by coup...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
3rd December 2012, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 4,697
Views: 470,457
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
1st December 2012, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 4,697
Views: 470,457
I have been reading all the postings in this...
I have been reading all the postings in this thread, including the ones subsequent to my own.
Everyone is contributing worthwhile comments, data, and URL links to relevant information.
IF (and...
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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal
27th November 2012, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 4,697
Views: 470,457
Hello Everyone.
Thought I would drop in on...
Hello Everyone.
Thought I would drop in on this interesting discussion.
RE: Jodie, I think (I could be wrong) that the place you saw about the "Scientific White Paper" is actually on David...
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