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Percy
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Message 23 of 49 (582573)
09-22-2010 7:46 AM
Reply to: Message 19 by Yrreg
09-21-2010 8:32 PM


Re: I am not dropping the ouija board subject, but I have not come....
This is Free For All, so naturally you're free to approach this any way you like, but you sound serious about this. If that is the case then you need to get serious about gathering evidence. Anecdotal reports are not evidence. Get yourself a Ouija board and begin experimenting.
One good thing to try is using it with and without blindfolds.
Another good thing to try is asking questions where:
  • Neither person knows the answer.
  • Only one person knows the answer.
  • Both persons know the answer.
--Percy

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Percy
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Message 44 of 49 (583127)
09-24-2010 6:12 PM
Reply to: Message 42 by Yrreg
09-24-2010 5:23 PM


What About Ouija Boards?
What's this got to do with Ouija boards? Do want to figure out whether they work or not? How are you going to do that without empirical evidence? If you have a feeling they work because you're not "boxed in by empirical evidence" and I have empirical evidence that they don't work, who will other people believe? You and your feelings? Or me and my pages of data, tables and charts?
Actually, not to go off topic, but now that I think of it most people will believe you, not me. Shortly after I start presenting my data they'll fall asleep, so if you go first you'll win. People believe in Ouija boards because of how they feel about them, not because they've examined and reasoned through the evidence, and you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
--Percy

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