On 6 Jan 2011 at 8:46, Mike Palij (yada, yada) wrote: >> I wonder if anyone has conducted a case study on Bem to understand why > he believes in PSI?
The simple answer would be because that's where he believes his results take him. A good scientist has to accept what his data tells him, regardless of the consequences and his own beliefs, even if contrary. Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the claim here is extraordinarily extraordinary. Still, he did play by the rules, which got his paper past peer review. As for Mike's title, I don't think physics colleagues have much to snicker about, not when you remind them of the Bogdanov twins ( http://tinyurl.com/29gnz6l ) and the polywater debacle. (Wikipedia also has a nice long piece on the Bogdanovs). Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7710 or send a blank email to leave-7710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
