Winston Wu
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Skeptics groups are experiencing declines in membership, in
part due to disenchantment with controversial community
leaders like "James Randi" (Randall James Zwinge), and in part
due to a growing concern that the present skeptical
leadership is drifting into the fallacy of rejecting all evidence
that is not explained by current scientific models, a fallacy
that is particularly worrisome now that a radical new model of
reality appears to be emerging. (For a story about just
how radical this model actually is,
click here.)
Winston Wu has written an essay that brilliantly and
decisively rebuts the general skeptical arguments against the
paranormal. This is among the best essays ever written on
this subject, and deserves extensive study. The essay
carefully moves through the entire skeptical lexicon of
arguments, rebutting each in turn.
As it reveals the fallacy in each argument, it builds a crucial
case against the whole skeptical approach to reality,
suggesting that it is, essentially, a form of superstition that
has the effect of filtering out data if it cannot be explained
by accepted scientific theory.
To read the full insight article and Mr. Wu's essay,
click
here.
