03-02-2016, 05:39 PM
"TomK wrote:
"As for spirituality and ESP, neither have been shown to be real."
Tom you need to learn to be open-minded."
But as Shermer says in the video, not so open-minded your brains fall out. I'm quite happy with the scientific method as it roots out bogus claims through peer-review, and so far, I'm unaware of any studies that show ESP or spirituality to be real. What I go with is the evidence from experiments that can be reproduced, and so far the evidence points to vaccines, including the HPV vaccine, as being safe and saving many lives. As Mike points out, this includes studies of millions of people, so the statistical errors are extremely small.
If I were to be as open minded as much as you suggest, I'd believe in faked moon landings, civilizations on Mars building pyramids, chemtrails and that Elvis is alive and well and living on the moon.
And no, the earth was never flat.
ETA: fixed a minor typo.
"As for spirituality and ESP, neither have been shown to be real."
Tom you need to learn to be open-minded."
But as Shermer says in the video, not so open-minded your brains fall out. I'm quite happy with the scientific method as it roots out bogus claims through peer-review, and so far, I'm unaware of any studies that show ESP or spirituality to be real. What I go with is the evidence from experiments that can be reproduced, and so far the evidence points to vaccines, including the HPV vaccine, as being safe and saving many lives. As Mike points out, this includes studies of millions of people, so the statistical errors are extremely small.
If I were to be as open minded as much as you suggest, I'd believe in faked moon landings, civilizations on Mars building pyramids, chemtrails and that Elvis is alive and well and living on the moon.
And no, the earth was never flat.
ETA: fixed a minor typo.