tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post1190451489693399421..comments2024-01-14T02:32:38.226-05:00Comments on Public Parapsychology: Investigating the 'Happy Schizotype'Annalisa Ventolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604572323799521346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-19835614228309763822008-11-08T13:45:00.000-05:002008-11-08T13:45:00.000-05:00Hi Bruce, I deleted the double comment. Hope you...Hi Bruce, I deleted the double comment. Hope you don't mind.<BR/><BR/>We are well aware of the intricacies of the 'experimenter effect' in scientific research generally, and in parapsychology specifically. I can recommend some sources if you would like to learn more.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I am not able to present the study in its entirety because of copyright issues, but copies of the 2008 PA proceeding are available for order at http://parapsych.clubexpress.com/Annalisa Ventolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604572323799521346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-89923149832689339202008-11-07T17:14:00.000-05:002008-11-07T17:14:00.000-05:00My experience has been that both agnostics and tho...My experience has been that both agnostics and those who process and integrate their tunneling of reality with belief systems are equally prone. Context of the experience is also an enormous factor, that is why I thought of it as reductionist, which I still do as a causal theory. While I agree that the probability factor of psychology as a bias will skew receptivity, I have yet to see the parameters of an experiment or study on the paranormal not be equally skewed by the act, the method of measurement or the anticipation of results. One suggestion is to post the study for a more accurate reading and response. I would like to read it. I am sure others would.<BR/>Also..Have you been tested and where do either of you fit into this model of psychology as the experimenters? I think that's also important.Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-2818591631225846842008-11-07T17:12:00.000-05:002008-11-07T17:12:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-84634940295943281812008-11-07T16:23:00.000-05:002008-11-07T16:23:00.000-05:00N.B. we used the Australian Sheep Goat scale to as...N.B. we used the Australian Sheep Goat scale to assess Belief in the Paranormal!Christine Simmonds-Moore and Steve Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178548858419412198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-63792988309844411762008-11-07T16:22:00.000-05:002008-11-07T16:22:00.000-05:00By extention, we were actually exploring the notio...By extention, we were actually exploring the notion that there are different types of belief/believer (and not as you say, the reductionist and over simplistic notion that belief = cognitive deficits/psychopathology) as there seem to be healthy and less healthy types of anomaly-prone personality (as positive schizotypy). In fact, as part of a wider research project we actually found evidence that healthy positive schizotypy was related to significant psi scoring.Christine Simmonds-Moore and Steve Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178548858419412198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-77411916325395585802008-11-07T12:17:00.000-05:002008-11-07T12:17:00.000-05:00I wonder if they defined clearly what falls under ...I wonder if they defined clearly what falls under the term "paranormal" and how they quantified "belief" in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-67070154757696822202008-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:002008-11-07T11:44:00.000-05:00Indeed. However, I think that Holt and Simmonds-Mo...Indeed. However, I think that Holt and Simmonds-Moore's research was trying to explore healthy dimensions of belief in the paranormal. Such healthy dimensions might also be related to veridical psi phenomena.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675147.post-68952198822839011752008-11-07T09:42:00.000-05:002008-11-07T09:42:00.000-05:00"Belief in paranormal phenomena has often been ass..."Belief in paranormal phenomena has often been associated with schizotypy, as well as poor critical thinking, suggestibility and psychopathology in the research literature. Other work has found that belief in the paranormal has many dimensions, with some aspects relating to mental health and others relating to psychopathology"<BR/>How does this theory explain the findings of the PEAR Laboratory at Princeton or the Veritas project at the University of Arizona, or the Global Consciousness Project utilizing RNG? This theory as a reductionist back fill to scientific pantheism is a load of rubbish.Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.com