... From: "Brian van der Spuy" <brianvds@...> To: <skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:36 AM Subject: [Skeptics Forum]...
I won't post the whole article here, for copyright reasons, but this is an exceptional article written by two very, very well known authors that provides a...
... From: Richard Thaxton <rico3151@...> To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:44:20 AM Subject: [Skeptics Forum] Where...
Hi, I'm Olle from Sweden, new to this list. I'm looking for info about Prof Konstantin G. Korotkov and his "Gas Discharge Visualization technique" (GDV),...
... I don't know anything about him or his technique, but you might be interested in this article by Joe Nickell from the May/June 2000 issue of /Skeptical...
... Because I wanted to know what YOU were implying. Did you read ... It seems to me, that to "skeptics" studies in well respected peer reviewed medical...
... No, it does not. It starts with a hypothesis. "If I do X, Y will happen." ... Whatever. Personally, I don't care HOW homeopathy works if it does, just IF...
On 11/1/2007 12:37 PM, KAZ wrote: [snip] ... I have to disagree with KAZ on this. You don't need a mechanism to do science. And his use of the terms...
... In the long run, I've found you have to ignore those who use insults to argue, and only respond to those who are discussing the issues. Eric Carlson...
... Because I don't think everything can be well-controlled and reproduced. And how do you plan to ... Actually, well-controlled experiments don't always ...
How do you propose it works? Not sure I get the reference to a "downside" regarding medications. If you're talking about side effects, you can get side...
I notice that Kaz cagily didn't include the portion of his message ... All I say is that some people don't seem to have any sense of humor, Kaz included....
Hi OIlie, The Skeptic Dictionary says this about Kirlian photography: Allegedly, this special method of "photographing" objects is a gateway to the paranormal...
This seems to be the same study that we discussed a couple of weeks or more ago. I wonder why it took so long for this to hit the mainstream media? ... -- ...
Yeah, I know. This was an old message. I mistook it for a recent one. L. This seems to be the same study that we discussed a couple of weeks or more ago. I...
... Don't. ... If I had said natural herbs were perfectly safe, you'd have a good point. But we were talking about prayer. Pepper Alternative Epilepsy...
... The keto and Atkins diets have been shown to be effective against epilepsy, but no mechanism is known. Should people suffer until one is found? ... But it...
One last, and far less optimistic, comment on this topic. Here is an even more recent article published by Korotkov, which cites the first paper I sent a...
... Why do you think prayer doesn't have downsides? If you assert that it can work positively (for example, to help cure illness or whatever), why couldn't it ...
... I don't think I've suggested this. Now, I knew nothing of these claims before you mentioned them. Nonetheless, in both cases, a plausible mechanism has...
and....another downside; when it doesn't work. kind of puts the blame on one's self, i'd think. didn't try hard enough or some such thing. anne ... From:...