Science Of The Seance: Why Speaking To Spirits Is Talking To Yourself – The Guardian

David Robert Grimes tips his fedora at the idiomotor effect and gullibility, cherry picking data to substantiate his opinion. Being enlightened by his own intelligence rather than challenging his own preconceptions, it’s another tedious materialist screed pissing on the paranormal. Read it and appreciate where DRG’s coming from, whether to prepare for a debate or a meaningful dialogue with the loyal opposition. Exposing ourselves to the contrary, rather than dismissing it, is our strength and their weakness. By no means are we painting all skeptics with the same brush, as Hayley Stevens calls bullshit on the science rather than the experiencers. She wonders If This Is The Halloween Generation Of Ghost Research, and succinctly illustrates how the more things change, the more it remains the same. Further down the spectrum, EsoterX discourses on Paranormalization, with the admonition of “Don’t go back to Buncombe” ringing through the hallways of forteana. First he outlines the limits of science’s pursuit of ontology, and the pathology of ardent debunkers. (CS)

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