Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Nigel Percy
You might already know about it, but for a long time, the James Randi Foundation has been offering a million dollars to anyone who can prove dowsing actually works.
First question from skeptics is, ‘Why has no-one claimed it?’
Conclusion from first question is, ‘Dowsing must obviously be false, otherwise someone would be one million dollars richer’.
There, […]
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Posted on August 27th, 2007 by Nigel Percy
The London Times recently had an interesting article about intuition which I feel compelled to share with you simply because I can and also because you should know about it. The whole article is to be found here.
Before you race off in a flurry of activity, allow me to dissect it and draw your attention […]
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Posted on August 13th, 2007 by Nigel Percy
Whenever the talk turns to intuition, no matter where it is or who it is with, this is the topic which unfailingly turns up sooner or later. You could be with friends or complete strangers. It doesn’t matter. At some point in time, they’ll ask about intuition being wrong.
Now, as intuition is not 100% accurate, […]
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Posted on July 13th, 2007 by Nigel Percy
One of the great bugbears about intuition is that those who don’t believe it say that proof is not be found. (Apart from my feeling sorry for them missing out on a wonderful aspect of their innate humanity, I just get tired of their blinkered views.)
However, animals tend not to be deceptive in these areas. […]
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Posted on June 5th, 2007 by Nigel Percy
So, maybe you’re a skeptic about intuition, or you are just plain undecided and unsure about it.
In such cases, the best thing would be proof that intuition works. You’d like some evidence, some testing results to show you, unequivocally, that this thing actually works.
Wouldn’t that be just the greatest thing?
Of course, that’s the snag, isn’t […]
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