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Of course. What this girl is demonstrating is certainly true and is certainly amazing. My point was that we have been seeing these sort of things for millennia and have been explaining it all away. And my guess is we (the main stream) will continue to do so even when presented with these additional findings.
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Extremely pessimistic? How would you explain the fact that society has ignored the huge volume of evidence of these phenomena previously? And why would you think this would stop? What exactly is it in this case that makes this absolutely irrefutable? How do you KNOW there isn't a conspiracy involving many or ALL of the participants? You can't know.. That's the point. There will always be some lame thing that a sceptic will hang their hat on... That's what hard core scepticism is all about. Can you explain the fact that the "Randy" prize has never been paid out without reaching the conclusion that this is the case?
I think what we are seeing in this case is incremental,, just "another brick in the wall". I don't see anything new that will make the hardcore doubter stop doubting.
Before these findings I felt that it was simply irrational to deny the existence of Psi.
OK,,, so now it is irrational times 2.... And next year it will be times 10...
I think eventually this will change. But I'm predicting that it will be slowly and by degree and not based on some momentous "irrefutable" occurrence, because in the end,,, nothing is absolutely irrefutable.