See my new SCEPCOP website debunking the arguments of paranormal skeptics and debunkers, exposing the fallacies, biases, and double standards behind their reasoning, intellectual, informative and widely acclaimed in parapsychology circles. Don’t let the skeptics get away with flawed reasoning just because the media does.
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com
Whitley Strieber, Author and Radio Host of UnknownCountry.com writes about this treatise:
“From Whitley Strieber:
http://www.unknowncountry.com/mindframe/opinion/?id=23
“A Brilliant Rebuttal to the Skeptics
It is no secret that many scientists are becoming disenchanted with skeptics groups and the skeptical paradigm in general. Skeptics groups have been losing membership, and some institutions now take a dim view of membership in groups like CSICOP, the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.
This is because of a growing concern that skeptics groups and publications are interfering with the progress of science by attempting to compel the rejection of evidence that does not fit existing models of reality. Institutionalized skepticism is beginning to appear more like a religious practice, far removed from the ideals of scientific objectivity which inspired founders such as Dr. Carl Sagan.
Winston Wu has now written an essay that brilliantly and decisively rebuts the general skeptical arguments against the paranormal. This is among the best essays ever written on this subject, and deserves extensive study. The essay carefully moves through the entire skeptical lexicon of arguments, rebutting each in turn.
As it reveals the fallacy in each argument, it builds a crucial case against the whole skeptical approach to reality, suggesting that it is, essentially, a form of superstition that has the effect of filtering out data if it cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory.
The essay suggests that a clear-eyed view of evidence is essential, and that it is lacking both among believers and skeptics. Essentially, Mr. Wu is asserting that the evidence is undigested by science as a result of its being too uncritically embraced by believers and rejected by skeptics.
Mr. Wu identifies a difference between healthy skepticism and the cynicism of blanket rejection of evidence.”
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Schizopherenic was …
Schizopherenic was Eysenk who invented the revered IQ test.And proved some astrology scientifically true. Spent much of his life in institutions. Schizophrenics win the Nobel prize. See “A Beautiful Mind” Starring Russel Crow. Its gets better.
Winston WU is also supported by a Nobel prize winner in his skepcop site. Google THAT.
I think randi is …
I think randi is trying to get the term woo-woo into the oxford dictionary. He should consider spelling it wu-wu.
Winston Wu is a …
Winston Wu is a self admitted schizophrenic. Just google his name and you will see his other sites and posts where he talks about his mental illness.
Remember, knowledge …
Remember, knowledge is power.
That’s why paranormals have all power.
wow this wu guy is …
wow this wu guy is an idiot
This is a joke, …
This is a joke, right?
So you have …
So you have Asperger Syndrome?
but it does.
but it does.
No you weren’t
No you weren’t
what is your …
what is your definition of evidence?
Exactly biochips. …
Exactly biochips. Come visit my new site at debunkingskeptics dot c o m. And post on my new forum too.
When Randi denied …
When Randi denied dowsing, Arthur C Clarke said that if he just evaludated the metal dowsing test without the water one, that the odds would be one in a hundred, which is significant. But Randi didn’t. See my new site at debunkingskeptics dot c o m
Why does JREF ask …
Why does JREF ask for donations on their website if they have a million dollars?
That’s not true. …
That’s not true. Skeptics have been presented with evidence time and time again, even from scientific journals. They merely deny and ignore it and pretend to be deaf. For examples, see the mini essays on my new site, which you will find the link to at the right in the desc box.
You are right. …
You are right. Check out the new article on the Daily Grail exposing the randi challenge. Google “daily grail randi challenge”. Also, Randi recently backed out of the challenge against a homeopath, renegging on the plan he agreed to.
Hi everyone, just …
Hi everyone, just an update. My debunking skeptics treatise has moved to a new domain at debunkingskeptics dot c o m. Check out our new website. Me and others have formed a new counter-skeptic group called SCEPCOP, as a counter to CSICOP. The link to it is on the right, if you want to see what SCEPCOP stands for! Thanks. Winston
Oh dear, insult …
Oh dear, insult slinging.
Would that out-of-body experience have coinsided with any hallucinogenic narcotics by chance?
Seriously though, I’ve seen aboslutely nothing in my life to suggest there is anything “paranormal”
Skeptics merely …
Skeptics merely have to present doubt Bio nothing more. We ask to be proven. I know such jerks we are. If you define ridicule as providing scientific evidence against the psychic argument then yes.
Please tell me more about this out-of-body experience. If you are talking the bright light. There is evidence against it. Many men is a cyclotron (g force test) have experienced the bright lights and what not. Astro-projection I have doubts but have never looked into it. Any ideas on how to test it?
He is getting rid …
He is getting rid of it. I think he is getting old. But it is in banks and he has provided legal documentation to prove it does exist. As for never getting it we wait for proof.
I would go stupid …
I would go stupid Bio but perhaps a little naive. Maybe I am giving James Randi a bit too much credit. I have just watched videos where he disproved dowsing, a woman who claims to be able to make people urinate, Uri Gellar, and Peter Popof. I finding frauds like that I am tainted. This was a hobbie of Houdini as well. Skeptics are people of doubt ask for evidence. You strike me as creationists who’s number one argument is, “Where you there?”
You are stupid, …
You are stupid, jac4020! There is so much evidence for the paranormal and people like you just ignore it. James Randi is a pseudo-skeptic because he does not explore the paranormal. You cannot take him seriously.
Why can’t those …
Why can’t those people who give this great video a bad rating don’t realise that these pseudo-skeptics DON’T explore the paranormal, they just ridicule it. That’s dishonest and misleading. You cannot trust people who don’t make any research on these issues. WAKE UP, Pseudo-skeptics!
Look for paranormal …
Look for paranormal evidence, you idiot. I promise you’ll find it.
I was a skeptic myself. But after having had several REAL out-of-body experiences I became a believer in the paranormal. Go figure!
WAKE UP, YOU …
WAKE UP, YOU IGNORANT FOOL! The Randi challenge does not exist! The million dollars does not exist! The money is not in cash, which means you will never get the full amount. NEVER!
Is this a joke?…I …
Is this a joke?…I hope it is.