science introduction / disclaimer : paranormal     |     skepticism

an introduction / disclaimer

First off, we would like to say that no one affiliated with this site is a scientist per se, in the sense that we do not have any advanced knowledge of science. We do not, nor have we ever, studied any branch of the sciences in detail. We do not work for or are associated with any institution or organization in which a particular view is required and we do not regularly do any scientific experiments with the exception of something that may be interesting at the moment. We are scientists in that we enjoy science and we find it to be the best method of discovering truth. By looking upon experiments of scientists, we recognize their findings and very much gravitate towards science in our worldviews. We also find the evaluative aspects among the best methods of discerning truth from false or inaccurate claims.

We will like to mention, however, that there is much that 'science' does not know and 'it' most certainly does not know everything. Our explanation of science includes one that defines it as a process, meaning that there are no absolutes. There are only theories that have yielded conclusions based on, that have included, all possible known evidence or variables. As new evidence or methods of measurement or whatever become available, surely any old theories that are the current view will be respectively replaced in part or whole by any new theories that incorporate any new data. hence, science is a process, not a definitive solution and provider of all knowable knowledge. And, though we think of and evaluate most paranormal material in a more scientific manner, we do not think many can make a claim for the truth of most of this stuff.  That would be arrorgant to think that this type of stuff will always be able to be evaluated in such a manner. Though that does not make it true/false, this type of stuff just needs to be studied further. The science part of this site is not intended to either justify paranormal things or to explain them away. We are attempting to provide information on things that are related to science and things that could be related to the evaluation of paranormal things in the realm of science. We have noticed that there are experiences that can contradict scientific findings, or at least, suggest that something else may be at work, so to speak. The discrepencies between science and experience, the first being as objective as possible and the latter being more subjective, we do not think can be explained (at least not yet). We would say that the discrepencies between how people experience things (or do not experience things) play a large part of the unwillingness of people, scientist or otherwise, to put much belief in paranormal things. Further, we would not know how to determine, if at all possible, if there is a "best" way. By this, we are questioning if it would be "better" to be a scientific minded individual interested in truth, no matter what conclusions arise or if it would be "better" to believe something that leads one to live a rewarding and content life that one may believe to be true, though it may not be "True" (or proven, maybe even disproven) scientifically, or with other ways to evaluate these types of things which are just as important to an individual. Skepticism and science are intimately linked. Skepticism is an appraoch (in reference to paranormal type things) that uses science (among "common sense", historical referencing, anthropology, and other established fields) as a way of determing whether a claim(s) has merit to it. Science is, in our opinions, the best approach, philosophy, etc. to use to evaluate such things. But, as we have stated and can't state enough, not everything can be evaluated in this way and that says nothing about its reported truthfullness or falsity or factuality. Try this link to perhaps understand what we're getting at:  The Archive of Scientists' Transcendent Experiences     http://www.issc-taste.org/index.shtml We do not, nor will we, make the claim that we know much when it comes to science. We can only know what we have studied and learned and this is the extent to our understanding of the natural world according to what we have been able to learn of the knowledge science has provided thus far.

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