Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein

Antaletriangle · 04-14-2009, 12:34 AM

Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip..._b_184778.html

I'm fascinated by the fanatical zeal with which self-styled skeptics pounce on non-ordinary events and try to discount them--largely by the liberal use of words like 'preposterous'. Posing as 'scientific', these ideologues are clinging to a materialism long since discredited by quantum physics.

The fear that motivates the armchair skeptics is exemplified by their frequent use of the word 'just', as in: "what these people thought they experienced was just . . . " (imagination, hysteria, group psychosis, etc.). But why the 'just'? 'Just' is what we say when soothing fears--'it's just thunder, dear,' 'it's just a shadow', 'it's just the nice doctor'.

Similarly, newspaper reports of experiments in telepathy and other non-ordinary phenomena always refer to them as 'eerie'. But what makes it 'eerie'? Is it because these phenomena are not accessible to our five senses? Yet we cannot hear sounds above or below certain registers, or see colors of certain wavelengths, yet they exist, and we don't call them 'eerie'. And there is great variation among humans in their sensory ranges. Some are colorblind. Some have no sense of smell. Others have hyper-acuity in one sense or another. Dogs can experience olfactory and auditory frequencies we cannot--does that make them 'eerie? Frogs see a tiny portion of what we do--only what they need to survive. Humans, also, have evolved with a limited perceptual range: only what we need. It would be both arrogant and stupid to assume there isn't a great deal going on around us of which we are mostly unaware.

cont.on link above.

Carmen · 04-14-2009, 01:29 AM

The walls of our reality are quite solid. When our personality/Ego is developed from babyhood on to maturity, the walls gradually form and become more and more inflexible. There is a saying I heard somewhere that 'Science Progresses One Dead Scientist at a Time' The head scientist is the head honcha with all the funding money and the danger is that they will guard their patch!!!

To make a conscious descision to keep learning new stuff is one way to keep the brain's neuroplasticity going. To challenge the status quo of your family and your community can be a daunting undertaking. It is also a lonely road, especially at first, but once the soul/spirit is awakened there is no turning back. The nay-sayers of new phenomena test our will-power and eventually make us stronger and more determined.

Cheers

Carmen

Lorien · 04-14-2009, 01:34 AM

I always wish I had a child so that from day one I would make sure that they knew they could do literally anything they wanted. Whether it be moving objects with their mind, reading minds, accessing the universal mind, etc. They need to be open to these ideas from birth so that theses neural pathways can form like they should.

04-14-2009, 12:34 AM	#1
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip..._b_184778.html I'm fascinated by the fanatical zeal with which self-styled skeptics pounce on non-ordinary events and try to discount them--largely by the liberal use of words like 'preposterous'. Posing as 'scientific', these ideologues are clinging to a materialism long since discredited by quantum physics. The fear that motivates the armchair skeptics is exemplified by their frequent use of the word 'just', as in: "what these people thought they experienced was just . . . " (imagination, hysteria, group psychosis, etc.). But why the 'just'? 'Just' is what we say when soothing fears--'it's just thunder, dear,' 'it's just a shadow', 'it's just the nice doctor'. Similarly, newspaper reports of experiments in telepathy and other non-ordinary phenomena always refer to them as 'eerie'. But what makes it 'eerie'? Is it because these phenomena are not accessible to our five senses? Yet we cannot hear sounds above or below certain registers, or see colors of certain wavelengths, yet they exist, and we don't call them 'eerie'. And there is great variation among humans in their sensory ranges. Some are colorblind. Some have no sense of smell. Others have hyper-acuity in one sense or another. Dogs can experience olfactory and auditory frequencies we cannot--does that make them 'eerie? Frogs see a tiny portion of what we do--only what they need to survive. Humans, also, have evolved with a limited perceptual range: only what we need. It would be both arrogant and stupid to assume there isn't a great deal going on around us of which we are mostly unaware. cont.on link above.

04-14-2009, 01:29 AM	#2
Carmen Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 992	Re: Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein The walls of our reality are quite solid. When our personality/Ego is developed from babyhood on to maturity, the walls gradually form and become more and more inflexible. There is a saying I heard somewhere that 'Science Progresses One Dead Scientist at a Time' The head scientist is the head honcha with all the funding money and the danger is that they will guard their patch!!! To make a conscious descision to keep learning new stuff is one way to keep the brain's neuroplasticity going. To challenge the status quo of your family and your community can be a daunting undertaking. It is also a lonely road, especially at first, but once the soul/spirit is awakened there is no turning back. The nay-sayers of new phenomena test our will-power and eventually make us stronger and more determined. Cheers Carmen

04-14-2009, 01:34 AM	#3
Lorien Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Beyond the rim.... Posts: 412	Re: Why What Frightens 'Skeptics' Frightened Einstein I always wish I had a child so that from day one I would make sure that they knew they could do literally anything they wanted. Whether it be moving objects with their mind, reading minds, accessing the universal mind, etc. They need to be open to these ideas from birth so that theses neural pathways can form like they should.