Recent content by jimp

Something that irks me on this forum is when people post youtube videos without a summary of what they contain. I'm not going to spend nearly an hour watching these videos to find out what is being talked about. I will, however, read a paragraph summarizing each video. If a poster has a point of...

Philosophical speculations are usually limited by the technology on hand at the time they are made. The broad question is: Are the world and ourselves not what we commonly perceive them to be? The answer, even from the most materialistic and reductionist individuals, is yes, OF COURSE! To...

Add conspiracy theories to the UFO mystery and you have an even worse mess. Is a UFO photo or video a hoax? Are you sure? Maybe the authorities got to the photographer and forced him to say it was a hoax. There are well-known stories about UFO researchers who later recanted -- Donald Kehoe...

Tyder, I agree that science may one day be able to study phenomena that we now consider paranormal. Much like the super-colliders are able to produce sub-atomic phenomena like bosons in order to study them, perhaps there will one day be instruments that will allow scientists to produce...

Ufology: much of what you say makes sense. Yet to follow your own thinking, maybe you should stop calling the study of UFO phenomena "ufology". Ufology is a term that makes it sound like some sort of science -- which I agree it is NOT. To me the the study of UFOs (or more accurately...

I don't trust anyone who talks about their military service too much -- other than what a bizarre surreal experience it is. I figure people who trumpet their record all the time are either exaggerating or want to use their service as a means to make themselves more credible or give more weight...

I don't find Castaneda credible at all -- just interesting. And if I had first approached him now in my life instead of as an impressionable youth, I doubt I would even find him interesting. I only read his early books --and found out about his having been a New Age guru only relatively...

I was very impressed by Castaneda's books as a teenager in the 70s. I would say that his books changed my life to a certain degree -- especially as to a belief that there may be worlds around us that are beyond our natural senses. In fact, I probably owe my interest in the paranormal, UFOs...

I saw the link to this on Greg Bishop's Radio Misterioso page. Lance now has his own website called What The Hell Was That? (A Skeptical Eye On The Paranormal). What the Hell Was That He has a feature on his "outing" of Phil Imbrogno as a fraud -- the details of which seem to be no different...

Is it possible to have transcripts available for shows -- premium content or not? Much easier to go through a transcript and refer to a part of it or quote it in the forums. And to read the transcript if listening isn't possible for some reason.

Top Ten Unexplained Phenomena | LiveScience LiveScience is a a sort of hip/cool science website. The list and brief discussions seem relatively open minded.

I didn't see a thread about this show -- so I thought I would start one. In short, I liked it! Man, the guy can definitely talk, but everything he said make sense and was interesting. The show confirms my general impression that journalist/ researchers make the best guests. Hanks doesn't have a...

I enjoyed the Warren show. It's a super-fun idea to build sensing equipment with household items -- I am tempted to get the book. I think these gizmos that Warren explains are first and foremost detectors of physical (non-paranormal) phenomena. This is why a kid could learn about science through...

I liked "Restrepo". I thought it was a good slice-of-life documentary. You empathize with these soldiers and their struggle. But in the end, they can't hold that territory -- just like every other army that has tried to invade Afghanistan. I watch "Band of Brothers" every time it it comes on...

Wait a minute. That guy killed himself? How did he become a detective with the NYPD?