• Abracadaniel [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    bugs-no

    If they were real we could study them scientifically but every attempt to do so has produced bupkus. That said we still have plenty to learn about the experience of consciousness so it's worth keeping an open mind.

    • BigHaas [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/remote-viewing#Emergence_of_Remote_Viewing

      • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        That research had very serious flaws and didn't hold up to scrutiny. There's some writing on it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing#Scientific_reception

        • kristina [she/her]
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          8 months ago

          Martin Gardner has written that the founding researcher Harold Puthoff was an active Scientologist prior to his work at Stanford University, and that this influenced his research at SRI.

          Hexbear scientology arc

        • BigHaas [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          Yeah that all looks legit. The main reason I think it's true is because I've tried it myself and it just works too well to be explained by cope.

            • BigHaas [he/him]
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              8 months ago

              I just use thetargetpool.com

              Login guest/guest

              Remote viewing isn't interesting or useful or anything like other psychic abilities are. But it's easy and everyone can do it.

              • Vampire [any]
                hexagon
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                8 months ago

                Remote viewing isn't interesting or useful or anything

                What a mad sentence! What do you mean? How could you say that?

        • Vampire [any]
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

          • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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            8 months ago

            While I understand that's usually a great point in discussions on hexbear, It's perfectly adequate topics which aren't policitcally charged.

            • Vampire [any]
              hexagon
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              8 months ago

              There are organised brigading groups deliberately tilting Wikipedia to their bias.

              This is well-documented; they're surprisingly brazen about it.

              It is particularly bad for charged/controversial topics like this.

    • Vampire [any]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      If they were real we could study them scientifically but every attempt to do so has produced

      That's not true there's mountains of research. You could dismiss it if you were so inclined but it's not true to say no evidence has been produced.

      • Greenleaf [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        This is the exact same thing Young Earth Creationists say.

        • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          You're exactly right. It's always so telling when people who are "invested" in these go to proselytize to amateurs who are low information people rather than discuss the topic with those actually familiar with the studies.

          It's just tired and really shows their hand that they won't engage with experts of psychology to try to show/convince them with the mountain of evidence that supposedly exists. It's the "canola oil causes cancer" of psychology.