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Paranormal Maven
I suppose it is customary to make an introductionary thread around here, so I decided make one in hopes that someone will actually remember this thread, if only to avoid any possible future misconceptions.
First off, I'm 29 and from Finland. (hence my sometimes poor grammar/spelling, English is my 3rd language)
I've never experienced anything even remotely "paranormal" that I'm aware of, and my interest with the field is purely curiosity. I'm also fascinated by the prospects of ancient civilizations (Graham Hancock, Schoch and John A West type of stuff).
I find the whole prospect of alien visitation highly unlikely (but not impossible, I suppose) for multiple reasons, most of them even logical ones. Number one reason being that people are full of shit, and most of the meat for this subject comes from people telling stories and making statements . Be it delusions, hallucinations, selling books or something else, there are too many possible reasons for people to be saying what they are saying, and I will never take anyone at their word without corraborating evidence that isn't anecdotal. The prime reason for this is that lying convincingly isn't hard for certain people, like me for example. I know personally how easy it is to convince rational people of ludicrous things if you put effort in to it. It does not matter how distinguished a career a person might have, there are a myriad of reasons, including psychological ones, to simply start telling stories and as such, I consider them just that - stories that add nothing to the table.
There's only 2 shows I listen to, the Paracast, which I've listened to almost from the start (I miss Biedny, but Chris is awesme too IMO) and DMR. In the case of DMR, my only minor gripe is Mr Ecker playing old episodes, that fake "radio voice" just rubs me so wrong (you all know what I'm talking about
). I've tried to listen to some others over the years, but quickly lost interest due to them just pandering to the "true beleiver" crowd, which I'm not so they obviously aren't for me.
I have no credentials at all. In fact, my education stops at the 9th grade, so you can safely consider anything I say about anything as some random nobody blowing smoke out of his ass if you want to.
I think that's the relevant stuff... whoever read this, thanks and sorry for your loss of time.
First off, I'm 29 and from Finland. (hence my sometimes poor grammar/spelling, English is my 3rd language)
I've never experienced anything even remotely "paranormal" that I'm aware of, and my interest with the field is purely curiosity. I'm also fascinated by the prospects of ancient civilizations (Graham Hancock, Schoch and John A West type of stuff).
I find the whole prospect of alien visitation highly unlikely (but not impossible, I suppose) for multiple reasons, most of them even logical ones. Number one reason being that people are full of shit, and most of the meat for this subject comes from people telling stories and making statements . Be it delusions, hallucinations, selling books or something else, there are too many possible reasons for people to be saying what they are saying, and I will never take anyone at their word without corraborating evidence that isn't anecdotal. The prime reason for this is that lying convincingly isn't hard for certain people, like me for example. I know personally how easy it is to convince rational people of ludicrous things if you put effort in to it. It does not matter how distinguished a career a person might have, there are a myriad of reasons, including psychological ones, to simply start telling stories and as such, I consider them just that - stories that add nothing to the table.
There's only 2 shows I listen to, the Paracast, which I've listened to almost from the start (I miss Biedny, but Chris is awesme too IMO) and DMR. In the case of DMR, my only minor gripe is Mr Ecker playing old episodes, that fake "radio voice" just rubs me so wrong (you all know what I'm talking about
). I've tried to listen to some others over the years, but quickly lost interest due to them just pandering to the "true beleiver" crowd, which I'm not so they obviously aren't for me.I have no credentials at all. In fact, my education stops at the 9th grade, so you can safely consider anything I say about anything as some random nobody blowing smoke out of his ass if you want to.
I think that's the relevant stuff... whoever read this, thanks and sorry for your loss of time.
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