--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: (snip) > It has been more than adequately demonstrated that a bunch of > guys with planks can make even the most complicated mathematically > designed motiffs in the tiny amount of darkness you get midsummer > in England.
Documentation, pleez? I ask because I've seen a number of supposed debunkings along these lines that turn out not to be as solid as they seem for one reason or another. (And don't forget about the microwave ovens.) In my observation (not saying this is always the case), skeptics tend to be satisfied with debunkings of paranormal-type claims that are less rigorous than they would demand of purported proof of the claims. Skepticism can play the same role belief does in seeing only what one wants to see. > The BBC even did an episode of Horizon about it. I was > surprised as I had always thought they must be using laser > sights or GPS to get that sort of accuracy but nope, it's > all done with a drawing, planks and real ale. > > > As a corollary, Occam's razor works only in an adequate > > frame of reference. > > I'll be astonished if we need even that. The true art of magic > is getting people to think you are doing something complex > when you really aren't.
