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Helby1981
Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Posts: 14 Location: Forest Of Dean
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:41 am Post subject: The Scole experiment. |
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Just wondered if any of you guys had heard of this before.
Its an experiment that was conducted over 5 years with a team of researchers human and apparently a team of spirits.
Have a look I only heard about it yesterday and have the book on its way to me.
Be interesing to see what peoples take on it is.
Here is a bit on the website.
http://www.thescoleexperiment.com/index.htm
Also a bit on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOL_8CcBBPQ |
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D B Sweeney
Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Hi Helby,
I bought the book in 1999 when it was first published. The methodology used
was very flawed. They got some interesting results but nothing conclusive IMO.
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Helby1981
Joined: 12 Nov 2011 Posts: 14 Location: Forest Of Dean
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:39 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for that. So is the book worth reading or not IYO? |
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D B Sweeney
Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:42 am Post subject: |
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Helby1981 wrote: | Thank you for that. So is the book worth reading or not IYO? |
It's worth reading to get an insight into flawed methodology and faulty assumptions IMO. In terms of it being valid evidence of communication with the spirit realm - it's not.
A far better book that will give you a more realistic, science based insight into spirit communication and ghosts in general is
'Paranormality' by Prof Richard Wiseman.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormality-Why-what-isnt-there/dp/0230752985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330162590&sr=8-1
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Sharla Tann
Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 161
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: |
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For £3 delivered you can't go wrong. I wonder if it will have a black felt tip mark on the underside. |
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Sharla Tann
Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 161
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Just got around to finishing this book and it did nothing to give me any such insight. A lot of reports of exposure of fake spiritualists and illusionists, and studies relating to mental suggestibility, but nothing to disprove the existence of spirits or ghosts as popularly known. |
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thecactus
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death? |
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Sharla Tann
Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 161
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:04 am Post subject: |
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thecactus wrote: | Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death? |
Both those terms are ambiguous and open to interpretation. You'll have to be a lot more specific. |
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thecactus
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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Sharla Tann wrote: | thecactus wrote: | Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death? |
Both those terms are ambiguous and open to interpretation. You'll have to be a lot more specific. |
Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm? |
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Sharla Tann
Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 161
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:14 am Post subject: |
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thecactus wrote: |
Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm? |
Without arguing over semantics, that's about it. |
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thecactus
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Sharla Tann wrote: | thecactus wrote: |
Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm? |
Without arguing over semantics, that's about it. |
So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists? |
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Sharla Tann
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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thecactus wrote: |
So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists? |
There's no necessary connection. A discarnate entity need not be visible in the normal sense, and the existence of such entities is not proven by the witnessing or recording of any human-like apparition. |
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thecactus
Joined: 07 Mar 2011 Posts: 3196 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Sharla Tann wrote: | thecactus wrote: |
So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists? |
There's no necessary connection. A discarnate entity need not be visible in the normal sense, and the existence of such entities is not proven by the witnessing or recording of any human-like apparition. |
I suppose that is true. |
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D B Sweeney
Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Posts: 2842 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Do you believe in the existence of discarnate entities then Sharla?
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Sharla Tann
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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D B Sweeney wrote: | Do you believe in the existence of discarnate entities then Sharla?
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If you mean an intelligence that does not control what we recognise as a physical body, then unconditionally yes. |
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