Re: Princeton objectivity and spoon bending.

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 00:15:15 -0700 (PDT)

On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Jerry W. Decker wrote:

> The metaphysical claims that all is illusion might come into play but
> until I can experience it and to some degree manipulate it, it is simply
> another concept. Some claim to be able to do it, but of course cannot
> demonstrate it, usually with the bogus excuse of not having to prove
> their ability...I hear it all the time with TMers (claiming levitation
> abilities), time travellers (usually selling something or wanting a link
> to their pages) or even the f/e cons.

Give these folks a dose of reality --- if they can't back up what they
claim, then they should shut the hell up. The world needs less people
CLAIMING and more people DOING.

As for the whole rant about reality - it wasn't really directed at the
'bending of the spoon' phenomenon... just a general gripe I have with
science. Hmm... I should probably write some of this stuff down someday.
:)