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Originally Posted by Angela  If not having a PhD in Neuroscience is why you wouldn't do your own research (to "prove" an experience such as OBE's or other whoo-whoo's), why would one expect to get satisfactory proof from Steve, who also doesn't have such a degree? Or from anyone else who talks about their w-w's, for that matter. Most of us don't have PhDs in Neuroscience, I think. |
I can't speak for anyone else (though I've often tried
), but I wouldn't do my own research because I doubt I'd be allowed to poke at people's brains without a PhD.
I don't expect to get any proof from Steve (I'm not sure I've ever seen him reference a book, let alone a study). But I don't read Steve's writing in order to get any proof, of anything. He writes interesting posts which encourage me to think (and recently, to think critically).
But you don't have to be an expert to make discoveries, validate, and explain them. Being an expert helps in being taken seriously by others, and you'll definitely have to work with other people if you want something extraordinary to be accepted by them. Nonetheless anyone can make a claim and satisfactly back it up. Otherwise I'd expect them to acknowledge that a) it's a belief they don't expect anyone else to accept, and/or b) they could be wrong.