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http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/9912/
Okay, he's not really a "scientist", exactly, but he does claim to be one. In fact, he has a Master's degree in Geology and is responsible in his daily job for making sure mining regulations are followed and overseeing land reclamation. Although that is a technical job, I wouldn't exactly call him a "scientist" as he is doing no scientific research on a professional level, unless of course you count his 30 years of paranormal studies.
He has some theories which, at first, sound interesting, but quickly delve from "makes you think" to "unlikely" to "that's stupid". His theory on multiple universes and time travel, for instance. He theorizes that since matter is made of quarks and quarks travel in waves that matter is composed of waves and it is these waves at different frequencies which account for parallel universes occupying the same space. An interesting theory if you've never put a wave in a bottle and come back for it later only to find out that waves are never stationary.
From there he goes on to theorize that the way paranormal events come through is that they have found a way to temporarily change the frequency of the matter they are composed of to match ours more closely. The closer the match, the more solid the apparition. This wouldn't be too bad, except he later theorizes that time is just the result of this frequency steadily increasing, thus, each moment in time is its own universe and ghosts are actually people from the past. This is where the whole thing falls apart. Most obviously, if we don't have the technology now, someone in a "Victorian style dress" most likely did not have a "Quark Vibrator" stashed in their nickers a hundred and fifty years ago. Also, if it is the natural tendency of these waves to increase in frequency it is unlikely that they would return to their previous frequency when such a machine was shut off.
And that's just the start. I will leave you with a few quotes, most from his web site and one from another paranormal forum. It's definitely an amusing read.
| Quote: | | Dowsing is not "mysterious" at all...It is Simple Physics.! Those who are Skeptical about ordinary Dowsing simply do not know enough about it. |
After reading his page I apparently still don't know enough about it because I'm still skeptical.
| Quote: | | There are real temperature drops of up to 20 deg.F and magnetic fields in the range of 2 to 8 Milligauss, and sometimes, visible images. We can, therefore state with a good degree of certainty that the observed phenomena that WE CALL "ghosts and spirits" are real. |
I like that one. VERY scientific. Temperature shifts + magnetic fluctuation + other anecdotal evidence = virtual certanty.
| Quote: | | All people have what are called "Psychic abilities", but in most of us, these abilities are too "weak" to be detected, much less to be of any use. There are, however simple devices, which can effectively AMPLIFY what latent psychic ability we do have, just as a physical Lever can Amplify physical strength.. I Call these devices "Psychic levers" . |
These amazing devices include pendulums, the Parker Brothers Ouija Board and, most useful of all, a forked stick. We're talking two marshmallows at once here, people!
He goes on to describe the "types" of ghosts in one part. Necroforms are my favorite. It's a cool word. And what does his scientific mind think of us, the lowly skeptic? Well, that is the stupidest part of the whole thing. This was apparently posted in the newsgroup, "alt.paranormal" in November of 1996 and shows just how open to scientific debate this "scientist" really is and clearly shows his "there is something wrong with those who don't agree with me" approach to "science".
| Quote: | Subject: Re: "SKEPTICS" INFESTING, NARROW MINDED
Date: 9 Nov 1996 22:15:44 GMT
Sender: tomeleven@aol.com
SUBJECT: OBSCENITY - of a paranormal nature
I've been subscribing to this group for almost 2 years. I have noted that "skeptics""invade" the group in "waves." Each time we eventually shut them up and have a month or two of "peace." A NEW crop of "skeptics" then descends upon us and the cycle continues.
It is partially our fault that these waves continue. Some of us who are serious about the study of Paranormal phenomina actually are foolish enough to argue with these name calling, ignorant morons. This only encourages more silly arguments.
Remember -- "It is useless to reason a person out of a position that he was never reasoned into in the first place." MOST "Skepticism" is emotionally based. It is derived from a "denyal" form of a psychological defense that the person uses, to handle his fears of the implications of /snip\ a particular phenomenon. These fears, ironically, are usually based upon ignorance and misunderstanding of what the phenomenon in question actually /snip\ is. |
In short, his site is definitely amusing for a short time if you're bored. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:51 pm |
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| Yaish |
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| Very nice write up and review. I'll have to peruse the site when I have more time. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:40 pm |
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Thanks, but I just thought I was rambling again. I was bored earlier. Business has been really slow for a while now.
One of my favorite parts is this line:
| Quote: | | Some of us who are serious about the study of Paranormal phenomina actually are foolish enough to argue with these name calling, ignorant morons. |
Two words from the end he is complaining about skeptics calling names. The two words directly following that, he calls them ignorant morons. What a twit. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:13 pm |
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He also uses the "You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into" line.
Well reason tells me ghosts don't exist. What sort of leap of logic does it take to make up the shit that allows him to believe in ghosts? |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
--Robert Heinlein in Methuselah's Children |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:12 pm |
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Well, he states that because "[he has] personally encountered Paranormal phenomena... [he KNOWS] that many forms of it actually do exist"
Apparently that's the best logic he can offer as a 'scientist' |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:08 pm |
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| asmodee |
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| Yeah, the greatest argument for anything paranormal is the fact that all the words have multiple meanings. "UFO", for instance, means one thing to us and a very different thing to the general public and yet a third thing to the ufologist. Also the word "paranormal" has a kind of floating definitions. It's easy to defend a position when you can define the term when you use it and redefine it as often as need be after the fact. |
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