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Waterfall
post Jun 7 2011, 07:25 PM
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Wondering if anyone tried the proof of principle experiment of magickal/psychokinetic effect I posted back in December 2010 in the "Real Ultimate Power" thread in the fight club and, if so, what are your results?

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post Jul 9 2011, 04:23 PM
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Not butting in at all. I've always believed that a rational, scientific approach ( see http://yudkowsky.net/rational/virtues ) is the best way to investigate magickal effects as long as you also realize that magick will always contain aspects of irrationality that must not be ignored.

One bit of advice: never discuss your interest in magick with scientists unless they are already investigating the field on their own. For most scientists science is not really the search for truth, it is their personal version of religion and anyone who expresses an idea that may contradict their view of truth will be severely punished. I speak from experience.

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Waterfall   Anyone Do The Test?   Jun 7 2011, 07:25 PM
Waterfall   28 views, no replies. Should I continue or is this...   Jun 23 2011, 10:51 PM
Vagrant Dreamer   28 views, no replies. Should I continue or is thi...   Jun 24 2011, 07:54 AM
Waterfall   I think those that simply disbelieve - not skepti...   Jun 30 2011, 10:25 PM
Vagrant Dreamer   You're correct, but I'm a bit disappointe...   Jul 2 2011, 05:11 PM
Waterfall   Do I detect just a tiny bit of disappointment with...   Jul 5 2011, 07:55 PM
Kirie   I wasn't on this forum for a good long time, a...   Jul 7 2011, 01:52 PM
Kirie   Not butting in at all. I've always believed t...   Jul 11 2011, 03:50 PM
Vilhjalmr   Wondering if anyone tried the proof of principle ...   Jul 24 2011, 11:43 PM
Vagrant Dreamer   I've said it before. Everyone can do magic, ...   Jul 28 2011, 04:44 PM
Waterfall   Vilhjalmr said: The statistics should be easy to d...   Jul 26 2011, 12:34 PM
Draw   I've been having this debate with a friend of ...   Jul 28 2011, 12:34 PM
plainsight   Well I do keep a dream log mostly for data I can u...   Aug 2 2011, 02:46 AM

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