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Originally Posted by phire  ...
In truth a person cannot trust their own experiences any more than they can trust a strangers advice.
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I love Derren Brown, and actually bought some of his DVDs :-P. Although I found out the hard way that my DVD player is Region 1.
Self delusion is always possible, I completely agree. In fact, I agree with pretty much everyone you wrote in your post. I'm not saying my own subjective experience is something that CONVINCES me... I am saying that if I experience something bizarre, and I can't explain it, then that makes me curious :-P.
Whenever I have the ability to repeatedly test a bizarre experience, I try to. I'm not a scientist, but I am as scientific as a layman can get, I imagine :-P. For example, here is one experiment I performed, that produced measurable results:
Peebrain's Psi Journal: Reproducible Results
I've also done experiment with out of body experiences that led me to conclude that I am perceiving the external world to some extent. I posted about it here:
Peebrain's Psi Journal: Awesome OBE
My original post was saying that the question of "how can this many people be delusional?" was a question that started to get me more curious and open-minded about psychic abilities. That question alone didn't convince me of anything. Only years of practice and research has actually convinced me :-P.
~Sean