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Originally Posted by OlderWiser  Yes, actually, I do. Every person I have ever met who identified themselves as "a skeptic" was, indeed, stubborn and closed minded. Maybe that's just my subjective life experience, though. I could probably never prove it conclusively. Therefore it doesn't count, right?  |
Well actually you could say we are stubborn... as for closed minded, depends how you define it. Skeptics are only focused on absolute truths not fantasy. It's not that we dont want paranormal activity to exist, it' just that we know it doesnt exist.
The ppl on this forum are just as stubborn, only their belief supercedes logic - which would make them even more stubborn.
When I first saw John Edward on TV 5 years ago I was amazed... I didn't know anything about cold reading, his pre show investigating, his heavily edit shows... So I saw his amazing results and even though i was a non-believer I could not help but to question his validity.
So, immediately after the show I did a search on google and discovered cold reading and many other techniques he uses. He has hidden mics in the que and has his staff act as regular ppl attending the show to milk information from the ppl. He also has a much lower hit rate then the show dictates. 2 Hours of footage is taken and it's edited down to 20 minutes to show his best hits.
See how I was delluded at one stage? Because I only saw his performance on TV and with the success rate shown, I connected the dots that gave him possible validity. That was my truth at one stage but was never an absolute truth. Just because at that stage I didnt know the many techniques he used doesnt mean they didnt exist.