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Helby1981



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:41 am    Post subject: The Scole experiment. Reply with quote

Just wondered if any of you guys had heard of this before.
Its an experiment that was conducted over 5 years with a team of researchers human and apparently a team of spirits.
Have a look I only heard about it yesterday and have the book on its way to me.
Be interesing to see what peoples take on it is.
Here is a bit on the website.
http://www.thescoleexperiment.com/index.htm
Also a bit on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOL_8CcBBPQ
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Helby,
I bought the book in 1999 when it was first published. The methodology used
was very flawed. They got some interesting results but nothing conclusive IMO.

DB
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Helby1981



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for that. So is the book worth reading or not IYO? Smile
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Helby1981 wrote:
Thank you for that. So is the book worth reading or not IYO? Smile

It's worth reading to get an insight into flawed methodology and faulty assumptions IMO. In terms of it being valid evidence of communication with the spirit realm - it's not.
A far better book that will give you a more realistic, science based insight into spirit communication and ghosts in general is
'Paranormality' by Prof Richard Wiseman.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormality-Why-what-isnt-there/dp/0230752985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330162590&sr=8-1
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

D B Sweeney wrote:

A far better book that will give you a more realistic, science based insight into spirit communication and ghosts in general is
'Paranormality' by Prof Richard Wiseman.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormality-Why-what-isnt-there/dp/0230752985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330162590&sr=8-1
DB

For £3 delivered you can't go wrong. I wonder if it will have a black felt tip mark on the underside.
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

D B Sweeney wrote:

A far better book that will give you a more realistic, science based insight into spirit communication and ghosts in general is
'Paranormality' by Prof Richard Wiseman.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paranormality-Why-what-isnt-there/dp/0230752985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330162590&sr=8-1
DB

Just got around to finishing this book and it did nothing to give me any such insight. A lot of reports of exposure of fake spiritualists and illusionists, and studies relating to mental suggestibility, but nothing to disprove the existence of spirits or ghosts as popularly known.
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thecactus



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death?
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thecactus wrote:
Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death?


Both those terms are ambiguous and open to interpretation. You'll have to be a lot more specific.
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thecactus



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sharla Tann wrote:
thecactus wrote:
Sharla Tann, do you believe in spirits and life after death?


Both those terms are ambiguous and open to interpretation. You'll have to be a lot more specific.


Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm?
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thecactus wrote:

Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm?


Without arguing over semantics, that's about it.
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thecactus



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sharla Tann wrote:
thecactus wrote:

Do you believe every living person has a soul? and if so, when our body dies, do you believe our soul continues to exist, and either remain an earthbound spirit or enter another spiritual realm?


Without arguing over semantics, that's about it.


So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists?
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thecactus wrote:

So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists?


There's no necessary connection. A discarnate entity need not be visible in the normal sense, and the existence of such entities is not proven by the witnessing or recording of any human-like apparition.
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thecactus



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sharla Tann wrote:
thecactus wrote:

So you are a believer, even though no ''conclusive visual proof'' exists?


There's no necessary connection. A discarnate entity need not be visible in the normal sense, and the existence of such entities is not proven by the witnessing or recording of any human-like apparition.


I suppose that is true.
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you believe in the existence of discarnate entities then Sharla?

DB
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Sharla Tann



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

D B Sweeney wrote:
Do you believe in the existence of discarnate entities then Sharla?

DB

If you mean an intelligence that does not control what we recognise as a physical body, then unconditionally yes.
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