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Re:People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something by DigitalJack on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:00PM (#14656543)
That's BS. Whether a claim is extraordinary or not is opinion.
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Re:People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something by the_af on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:04PM (#14656613)
Not all opinions are born equal. This is similar to the dodgy assertion of "but it's just a theory!" -- especially when it's a theory for which there is reasonable evidence. There is no reasonable evidence for psychic energy, hence it's an extraordinary claim.
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Re:People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something by occultist_throw on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:05PM (#14656625)
Oh, but you're the arbiter of the equality of opinions and theories?

And I thought I was arrogant.

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Re:People Who Hear Voices Could Be on to Something by the_af on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:37PM (#14657515)
Of course I'm not the arbiter, but there is a consensus (based on what works and is repeatable and doesn't require simply trusting based on faith) of what consists of reasonable evidence for a phenomenon. There are some gray areas, but psychic energy falls decidedly in the "extraordinary claims with a lack of evidence" camp.
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