Comments on: Ted Owens..? http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: psiexploration http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1120 psiexploration Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:02:59 +0000 http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1120 The community of parapsychologist like any other community of scientist do not speak with one voice nor hold a standard set of beliefs about what to study or how to study it. I have included a link for you below to the Parapsychological Association so you may familiarize yourself with the various types of research in the field. In fact Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD. wrote an entire book called "The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter" about Ted Owens. Other more experimentally minded parapsychologist would have wanted him to take PK test (like the PEAR lab) or ESP tests and other tests with easily controllable variables. The weather and lightning are not easily controlled variables. How one would experimentally confirm he was having telepathic communication with aliens is perhaps a problem for which they could not formulate a testable hypothesis. How would you suggest this be tested?<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.parapsych.org The community of parapsychologist like any other community of scientist do not speak with one voice nor hold a standard set of beliefs about what to study or how to study it. I have included a link for you below to the Parapsychological Association so you may familiarize yourself with the various types of research in the field.

In fact Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD. wrote an entire book called
"The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter" about Ted Owens.

Other more experimentally minded parapsychologist would have wanted him to take PK test (like the PEAR lab) or ESP tests and other tests with easily controllable variables. The weather and lightning are not easily controlled variables.
How one would experimentally confirm he was having telepathic communication with aliens is perhaps a problem for which they could not formulate a testable hypothesis.
How would you suggest this be tested?
References :
http://www.parapsych.org

]]> By: Peter D http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1119 Peter D Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:59 +0000 http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1119 I am not familiar with this particular nut, but I think I can hypothesize with why investigators didn't want to work with him. They probably didn't believe him, because they knew it was impossible for him to have such powers. Another reason they might have avoided him is a reluctance to declare anything paranormal for fear of the damage caused by a subsequent debunking.<br><b>References : </b><br>pd I am not familiar with this particular nut, but I think I can hypothesize with why investigators didn’t want to work with him. They probably didn’t believe him, because they knew it was impossible for him to have such powers. Another reason they might have avoided him is a reluctance to declare anything paranormal for fear of the damage caused by a subsequent debunking.
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]]> By: Sandy G http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1118 Sandy G Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:59:59 +0000 http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1118 Ted Owens, like all "psychics" was a self deluded phony. He was never tested in rigorous conditions, and many of his "achievements" were self-reported and never verified.<br><b>References : </b><br> Ted Owens, like all "psychics" was a self deluded phony. He was never tested in rigorous conditions, and many of his "achievements" were self-reported and never verified.
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]]> By: zachary9351 http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1117 zachary9351 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:19:59 +0000 http://www.lomaia.com/of-parapsychologist/ted-owens#comment-1117 They knew he was a phony.<br><b>References : </b><br> They knew he was a phony.
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