Commentary about the paranormalist community.
Opinion 7 Abstract Time and again, I have encountered people who say that an instance of claimed paranormal phenomena is fake. Practitioners are rarely given an opportunity to explain their work, and the skeptics virtually never explain how they think it is possible to fake the work. With no discussion of alternative theories, there can … Read more
Opinion 6 Abstract This is an overview of the issues I think are important to the preservation of our democracy. My comments are intended to point out what I think needs to change in our country to be compliant with the Preamble of the United States Constitution. In a sense, here is my political platform. Lady … Read more
Opinion 5 Abstract If we are immortal personality experiencing a lifetime as a human, is it possible our pets also serve as an avatar for an immortal personality? If so, is it reasonable to extend the logic to say our computers might also be sentient; perhaps not now, but in the future? This essay is … Read more
Opinion 4 Abstract This Opinion uses a research report published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration to address my concerns with what I have come to think of as Failure to Replicate reports. Such reports appear to be legitimate science conducted by Ph.Ds. that show the phenomena have not been replicated under scientifically controlled conditions. The … Read more
Abstract A model designed to represent an aspect of reality requires a ruleset that describes the relationship amongst the functional areas. James Carpenter’s First Sight Theory has proven to be a useful ruleset for the operation of the perception and expression functions in the Attention Complex (mind) modeled in the Implicit Cosmology. This essay is … Read more
Opinion 2 Abstract The study of metaphysics requires a cosmology based on function models that will react to known circumstances to produces expected experiences. Until I learned about Rupert Sheldrake’s Hypothesis of Formative Causation, the only approach to such a model that seemed even marginally useful was based on characteristics of the Mandelbrot Set. This … Read more