Reply #132: You're right. It's not.

[Warren DeMontague]

But it implies that the Universe may be a shitload weirder than we've been led to believe. Much of quantum physics is the same, if you look into it. It's fascinating stuff. The implications of the double slit experiment, which tie into bell's theorem, are particularly weird.

As far as the link, apparently trying to post a link with an apostrophe causes the screwup with the foward slash. That certainly aint my fault! As far as making up bell's theorem, you did not say that- that is correct- but you did claim Wikipedia was a suspect source before you had a problem with the link, and the implication I took from it was that whatever material I was referencing was suspect as well. I find Wikipedia pretty good for all purpose, general information gathering, but it's not too hard to find other material on Bell's theorem.

And lastly, nowhere in any of my posts did I ever express an interest in "proving" psychic ability. In fact, I pretty much said that the definition of a pointless activity was trying to convince someone, one way or the other. What I took issue with was your taking a twenty word post as a basis for which to inform me that whatever 'weird shit' I might be talking about having experienced or seen during my time on this planet was attributable (my opinion notwithstanding) to "coincidence". I thought that was a little presumptuous, especially since all I was really exhorting the previous poster to do was to keep an open mind. Maybe that's bad advice, I don't know.

But I DO happen to know as well as I know that the sun is shining, that certain things I've experienced run far deeper than mere 'coincidence'. But I don't have that Jehovah's Witness/Pope/Imam/CSICOP personality trait where I need to 'convince' other people of things, or give a flyin' fig what they happen to believe-- so long as they don't try to peddle it, for instance, in my kids' science classes. (And, yes, I would include claims of psychic ability in that)

But I'm sure there are things I've experienced which, if I were to relate them to certain people, their response would be "bullshit". Why bother? Your path is not mine, and I certainly don't require external validation to confirm the meaning of my own personal experiences. I know what I know, and that's a good thing, because I know where to find the one wiser than all the Buddhas and Sages. He's right there when I close the medicine cabinet in the bathroom.