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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Patlal]
    #22067301 - 08/09/15 01:46 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I believe in what is observable, proven, and reliable.  I've seen little evidence of this applying to any of the above.


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...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: badchad]
    #22067313 - 08/09/15 01:48 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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badchad said:
I believe in what is observable, proven, and reliable.  I've seen little evidence of this applying to any of the above.





I put my faith into what is observable and provable, but I can still believe in things that aren't. That is why religion has always been stupid to me, you can believe whatever you want but don't let it influence how you live.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Gottaloveacid]
    #22067321 - 08/09/15 01:49 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

People can buy into whatever they want, but I personally believe in confirmation bias and don't waste my time with the stuff.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: pirate-blues] * 2
    #22067356 - 08/09/15 01:57 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I read tarot cards every day.
They contain archetypes of life that most people encounter, so the images are somewhat universal for everyone.
To take the true message of the tarot is to really just reflect inward on what the images mean to you, now.  They're a mirror of yourself and your situation.
For example you'd ask the tarot cards, "What do I need to know about situation X" and throw down a spread, which will give you new perspective on  the question based on the way you interpret the cards as they land.  So it gives you a new way of looking at something.
It's not some gypsy fortune telling tool.  That's from Hollywood movies.  Other forms of cartmancy like Lenormand and other Oracle cards are future-predicting gypsy style fortune telling cards.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Gottaloveacid]
    #22067381 - 08/09/15 02:02 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Gottaloveacid said:
Quote:

badchad said:
I believe in what is observable, proven, and reliable.  I've seen little evidence of this applying to any of the above.





I put my faith into what is observable and provable, but I can still believe in things that aren't. That is why religion has always been stupid to me, you can believe whatever you want but don't let it influence how you live.




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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Patlal]
    #22067417 - 08/09/15 02:10 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Patlal said:
Astrology
Tarot
Palm reading
Horoscopes
Parapsychology
Karma
Etc





I think Karma happens to an extent. But the problem with calling them pseudo-sciences is, when you apply the scientific method to any of them, they all break down. So, I wouldn't even call them pseudo-science. They are just beliefs.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #22067424 - 08/09/15 02:12 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Prisoner#1 said: I do believe the warning labels from things should be
removed for the self thinning effect on the herd



ie if you're not a farmer like me, you shouldn't be alive.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Stonehenge]
    #22067467 - 08/09/15 02:25 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Stonehenge said:
Esp has been proven though its not reliable. The rhine experiments at duke university earlier in the last century showed that plus many people have experienced things. Astrology has some validity though modern science is hell bent on ignoring it.




Sources on astrology having validity?


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Patlal]
    #22067489 - 08/09/15 02:34 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

All of those things are bunk.

I do believe in phrenology, though.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Enlil]
    #22067497 - 08/09/15 02:36 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Do you practice phrenology? Have you had it done to you?


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: 4HO-DMT] * 2
    #22067507 - 08/09/15 02:41 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

No, I wouldn't waste my time on such nonsense.  Just because I believe in it doesn't mean that it has any validity whatsoever.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: abltsandwich]
    #22067544 - 08/09/15 02:52 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

If you like the idea of astrology and tarot cards you should check out MBTI personality type.  It's like astrology, but with actual science, so it's more realistic.  I've learned a lot about myself and others based on it, and it doesn't sound dumb when bringing it up with rational types. since it's not a pseudoscience.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22067712 - 08/09/15 03:27 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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4HO-DMT said:
Do you practice phrenology? Have you had it done to you?





he has perfected phrenology


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: akira_akuma]
    #22067733 - 08/09/15 03:30 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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akira_akuma said:
Quote:

Prisoner#1 said: I do believe the warning labels from things should be
removed for the self thinning effect on the herd



ie if you're not a farmer like me, you shouldn't be alive.





why do these things not seem to go together




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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #22067742 - 08/09/15 03:32 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

that isn't a real mouth, you can't fool me.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Enlil]
    #22067773 - 08/09/15 03:37 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Enlil said:
No, I wouldn't waste my time on such nonsense.  Just because I believe in it doesn't mean that it has any validity whatsoever.




I got phrenology mixed up with trepanning. :lol:

Phren away my friend.


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Patlal]
    #22067961 - 08/09/15 04:08 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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[quote]ThatKidWithTheFace said:
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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: ThatKidWithTheFace]
    #22067963 - 08/09/15 04:09 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

You do hoodoo?


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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: Sophistic Radiance]
    #22068002 - 08/09/15 04:18 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Indeed.


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[quote]ThatKidWithTheFace said:
Is this the same aunt that fucks dogs?[/quote]
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Re: Do you believe in pseudo-sciences? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #22068016 - 08/09/15 04:21 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

4HO-DMT said:
Quote:

Patlal said:
Astrology
Tarot
Palm reading
Horoscopes
Parapsychology
Karma
Etc





I think Karma happens to an extent. But the problem with calling them pseudo-sciences is, when you apply the scientific method to any of them, they all break down. So, I wouldn't even call them pseudo-science. They are just beliefs.




Karma is real to the extent that people are often treated the way they treat others, but certainly there is no cosmic, supernatural or divine justice.


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