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What is Pseudoscience?

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Re: What is Pseudoscience?

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Mr. Erickson:
You don't like to be challenged you don't like the fact that evolutionary theory is pseudoscience.
Unsubstantiated assertion.

To sum it all up you cant defend it because its all just projection. We know that life is complex and that this dogma you hold to violates the second law of thermodynamics. You don't get increasing complexity when things go wrong. You like your god of blind chance are being led by the nose. Risible LOL
Alley-oop!

http://www.booktalk.org/post106284.html#p106284

Go here to see exactly why everything above is incorrect.
Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it."
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Einstein here is explaining that experiment trumps opinion and even carefully thought out delusion. Heed his advice, Erickson.
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Are you pushing your own short comings on us and safely hating them from a distance?

Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?

Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
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Obviously not heard of mind control, google "MK ultra". People have been
disenfranchised by those who control the system.
Obviously not!

that is just SO informational, Mr. Erickson. Thank you for this highly entertaining post.

ULTRA MIND CONTROL: ENGAGE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
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Are you pushing your own short comings on us and safely hating them from a distance?

Is this the virtue of faith? To never change your mind: especially when you should?

Young Earth Creationists take offense at the idea that we have a common heritage with other animals. Why is being the descendant of a mud golem any better?
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Of course they are being used to support the apologist position you and they take in defending evolutionary theory. Ergo they are logical fallacies.
Quote the ad hominem that was used to support evolutionary theory. I'm calling your bluff on this as well. You make a lot of stuff up. Go, find it, quote it. Prove me wrong.
I will let Dr Graff explain it to you I am sure you being a font of all knowledge will know all about his research
I would love that. In a new thread. Have Dr Graff start one, or yourself.
Our research proves that our minds, in some way, can reach out into the
environment, either to others or to distant places. So right there you have
empirical evidence
Your statement is not empirical evidence Mr. Erickson. Post a link to the studies/experiments please.


I have a quote that applies verbatim to the posts you've made recently Mr. Erickson. Read closely: "“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore
and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you have no idea what constitutes evidence. I'm aware there are famous nutjobs like Chopra, and I've read enough of his work to know he holds a false worldview.

Where are the studies that support the opinions you're posting? Where is this empirical evidence that you say is "right there"?
Nice to see you regurgitating the quotes I post
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"The world is inside self-righteous positivity" -- Deepak Chopra quote generator

http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/
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Mr Erickson65, please don't refer to a BookTalk.org Moderator as a "message board nobody" again.
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Good lord, what an insane gasbag. 98 posts in two days.

LOL
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I have no idea. LOL
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I'm still laughing over the chicken article.
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we were obviously not ready for the paradigm shift.

or perhaps it shifted so far the pacifier can never be restored to it's rightful position.

god, i laughed so hard this morning :lol:
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