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I think this is a dumb
arguement. Kind of like arguing religion. No point to it. I only wanted to let
people know they exist and that it worked for me. No one was more shocked than I
at the results.
Pet psychics---If they work for some people, what
harm is that? I'm not going to say that I will rule out modern medicine (vets)
to use psychics for my horses but I am certain that this one did indeed save me
more money in the long run by pinpointing where the injury/pain was that the vet
misdiagnosed twice. The $60 I spent on communicator was better than the
$200 visits I was spending on my vet calls. My $80 chiro visit was well worth it
too. When you have spent months trying to find out what the problem is to no
avail, why not give it a try--thats if you have an open mind---what do you have
to lose? My horses are worth it...
Lets move on to the subject of endurance
now....
Karla
PS--By the way, did anyone see the "Pet Psychic"
show on Animal Planet?? Kind of cool.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:24
PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Critical
Thinking/The six rules of evidential reasoning /was pet communicators
> I would not say I am a believer in the paranormal,
just not willing to
rule
> it out. They have found and proven that
folks who are prayed for heal
sooner
> even if the person praying or
being prayed for is not religious. Why is
> that, no one
knows.
Actually, this is quite false. Evidence supports a small placebo
effect,
which is all "faith self-healing" boils down to when put to the
test with
proper scientific controls. Faith healing by outside
individuals (i.e.
family members trying to "heal" a sick child by praying)
has shown to be
completely lacking in any basis whatsoever. If you have the
independent and
duplicated studies published in any reputable scientific
journal to show
otherwise, I'd be happy to review them, as would the
majority of the
scientific community.
Further, it is important to
note that in science one deals with evidence -
not proof. Proof is for good
liquor and courtrooms. Evidence is what is used
to establish facts and
theories.
And for your consideration, one of the most common fallacies
that people
delude themselves with is observational selection, also called
the
enumeration of favorable circumstances, or as the philosopher Francis
Bacon
described it, counting the hits and forgetting the misses.
Let's give you
the benefit of the doubt and assume you really did visualize
your pet and
then later found your pet in the exact same spot you
visualized. How many
times in the life of your pet have you
visualized your pet in a certain
situation? I for one can be quite a
worrier when away from home, and
visualize all sorts of catastrophies. Of
course, my pets are safe and sound
upon my return - but you can bet the ONE
time they aren't fine - I will
remember very clearly the "worry" that this
would happen. I would wager that
this is what you experienced. A
coincidence. Remarkable coincidences do
happen - simple statistics
virtually guarantees it. But it is not evidence
for paranormal
activity.
~Shere
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