Evidence of telepathy among autistic savants

[TheVat]

There are studies on ESP published in mainstream, peer‑reviewed scientific journals, yet none has produced evidence strong enough to shift the scientific consensus

A good summary, and refresher for some of us, on the research. Thanks. IIRC, PEAR, at Princeton before it was inactivated, also found some intriguing but ultimately inconclusive results on PK, among other things. As with other research groups, there were statistical anomalies but nothing firm or which would provide some causal explanations. It also took some criticism for poor methodology and misuse of statistics.

 

[Pinball1970]

A good summary, and refresher for some of us, on the research. Thanks. IIRC, PEAR, at Princeton before it was inactivated, also found some intriguing but ultimately inconclusive results on PK, among other things. As with other research groups, there were statistical anomalies but nothing firm or which would provide some causal explanations. It also took some criticism for poor methodology and misuse of statistics.

It's crap. Like water divining, spiritualism, astrology et al.

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

No. I reject it because despite decades of scientific investigation we have zero evidence to the contrary.
All we are left with are anecdotes and claims without evidence.
See also, Elvis spotted alive and well, loch Ness monster, the Yeti, Alien abduction, my old man's a mushroom etc.

Skepticism is good, too much keeps you locked in a dark closet.

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

Mathematics, being abstract, cannot say anything about whether or not ESP is possible.

Probability is mathematics.

 

[Sarkus]

Probability is mathematics.

Do you comprehend the difference between probability and possibility?

 

[TheVat]

Skepticism is good, too much keeps you locked in a dark closet.

And too little keeps you locked in a padded room.

 

[Pinball1970]

Skepticism is good, too much keeps you locked in a dark closet.

The scientific community looked for a bit and didn't find anything worth following up.
That's why we now don't have schools of Science, Engineering and the paranormal, Departments of metaphysics telekinesis, PhD courses in Yeti studies, Ghost phenomena and the Loch Ness monster and Post Docs positions in the Bendy man.

 

[DaveC426913]

Skepticism is good, too much keeps you locked in a dark closet.

No it doesn't.

My skepticism is not keeping anyone in the world from blowing the doors off the paranormal world.

And when they have their world debut (the same stage on which they presented King Kong "The Eighth Wonder of the World"), I am OK with being the second in line for a ticket behind you.