On Sep 18, 2011, at 10:54 AM, MJ wrote:
First the eCat, now BLP. What's next? Antigravity?
http://divinecosmos.com/start-here/davids-blog/975-
undergroundbases
MJ
I wouldn't be the first time! 8^)
See the vortex-l rules:
http://amasci.com/weird/wvort.html
http://amasci.com/weird/vmore.html
http://amasci.com/pathskep.html
Quoting Bill Beaty:
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Vortex-L is for those who see great value in removing their usual mental
filters by provisionally accepting the validity of "impossible"
phenomena
in order to test them. This excellent quote found by Gene Mallove
clearly
states the problem, and reveals the need for "true believers" in a
science
community otherwise ruled by conservative scoffers:
"It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but
conservative
scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with the
preconceived idea that what they are investigating is impossible.
When
this happens, the most well-informed men become blinded by their
prejudices and are unable to see what lies directly ahead of them."
- Arthur C. Clarke, 1963
So, on Vortex-L we intentionally suspend the disbelieving attitude of
those who believe in the stereotypical "scientific method." While this
does leave us open to the great personal embarrassment of falling for
hoaxes and delusional thinking, we tolerate this problem in our quest to
consider ideas and phenomena which would otherwise be rejected out of
hand
without a fair hearing. There are diamonds in the filth, and we see
that
we cannot hunt for diamonds without getting dirty.
Note that skepticism of the openminded sort is perfectly acceptable on
Vortex-L. The ban here is aimed at scoffing and "hostile disbelief,"
and
at the sort of "Skeptic" who angrily disbelieves all that is not solidly
proved true, while carefully rejecting all new data and observations
which
conflict with widely accepted theory.
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Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
