Are these people stupid or silly?

Question

I don't mean children who believe in nonsense.Adults who believe in the supernatural.Psychics,Ghosts,Demons all that nuttiness.Are our schools that bad?Do they teach Science?How do they suspend common sense to that extent?Are the parents at fault? What's going on here?

cattbart I don't see your point.Are you saying nonsense is good?

Eri, I know exactly what you mean.Look at the answer below yours.We're the ones with closed minds.

Amen Uncle Al

http://www.csicop.org/si/2007-02/scifi.html

Answer 1

Neither. We are the ones who do not believe every fact these stupid schools throw at us. Sure, most is true to some extent, but we don't listen to what everyone says and go with the "norm," and try to appear normal. There are actually a lot of people who have experienced things like this and do not say, so it makes most of us look like idiots because we're "strange" or "stupid" to you. Except things, even if you can't see them. Not everything is black and white, true or false. There is always a greater meaning to everything, and all that lies in between. And "TR," I don't think I'm "special" in this world or have a greater importance, I've actually never talked about this stuff except on this site, where no one knows me. I don't want people to know, because people like yourself will shun me. It is NOT for those reasons. If you don't believe in what you can't see, then what about air? Or sound? You can't see those, can you? But you know they're there, because it is plain to you. If you open your mind more to things like this, you will understand.

Answer 2

Beauty of Mathematics
People think I'm weird, because
I love pyramids and their symmetry!
There is symmetry in numbers. I am fascinated
by its beauty, although numbers don't play a great role in
my life any longer, other than to buy or pay in life and other miscellaneous!
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And finally, take a look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

enjoy life,and let others enjoy as they please to do!
the problem is not paranormal or supernatural,it's
a matter of what people,love,like,and choose to do in life!

Answer 3

I think the problem is that they teach science for the tests - science as a series of facts instead of what it really is, a process for figuring out how things work. They don't teach critical thinking in schools - you learn that in college, if you make it that far. In schools, you learn that what you are told is the truth, and you accept it. Which makes you very likely to just believe anything anyone else says - like paranormal activity. The parents often believe that crap too, so they aren't any help. People easily decive themselves when they don't understand what's going on.

But it DOES do damage. My aunt recently spent $2,000 on a psychic reading - for what? It's not real. People fall for those free energy scams all the time, losing their life savings. Cancer patients are desperate and often fall for scams of alternative medicine, dying much earlier than they had to or not getting the cure they could have had. The US economy is based on science and technology. How long can we last if most of the population believes in ghosts and fairies and a 6000 year old Earth?

Answer 4

Ugh, that means your friend has a bad taste...One Piece is the best anime ever! Don't add One Piece into the worst anime list! I would never wanna see that! Oh, sorry. I know you like it. Tell your friend your opinion. For the others, Pokemon isn't too bad. It used to be good but it was too kiddish. Only that. And for Yugioh, it's true. It's pretty worse, don't ya think>? P.S: One Piece rocks!!!! Zoro-Kun Co. Greetings!

Answer 5

Oookay then...

Guess what? I believe in psychic powers. Yeah, so laugh at me. I don't care.

I see it from a scientific perspective though. Moving objects with your mind, quite possible. Communicating with the dead, not possible. Once the brain looses it's electrical charge, the consciousness dies.

Those people who charge for psychic readings? Immoral pricks who create a bad stereotype. Those who take advantage of the grieving, very bad people. They're a disgrace not just to psychics, but to humans as a whole.

Oh, wait. I believe anyway. So... I'm a thick headed idiot who's the subject of... Let me guess... Bad lifestyle? Oh yeah. Being an atheist towards Christianity REALLY makes me evil anyway, I suppose.

You know what I also find funny? This.

People say psychic powers are fake, yet there has been proof. People say god is real, yet there hasn't been any proof. And we're the ones living in a day dream? Lawl...

(this post wasn't meant in a flaming manner. Simply a very strangely worded enlightening one. not trying to be offensive)

Answer 6

Ignorance is educable, stupidity is forever. Stupidity is a faith-based initiative. Mystics are baffled by the obvious yet possess a complete understanding of the nonexistent.

Consider Princess Di's stable of incredibly expensive psychics, seers, and astrologers. Might one suspect that at least one of them in a moment of operative lucidity would have blurted some tidbit of precognition supportive of continued employment? She died of neglect, you know, bleeding out an hour after the accident. The supernatural garbage was taken out thereafter.

Hindus have 300 million gods (30 crores). Would you have us believe that not a one of them is real?

Answer 7

There are many people who claim to be psychic and many others who pretend to be so that they can bilk others out of thier hard earned cash. Those people are charlatans and they should more correctly be considered illusionists or fakers. I'm sorry that you have never met somebody with real skills in this area.

I am a scientist, and I do believe the evidence that I have seen. I have seen double blind testing done and have statistically analyzed the results with the help of experts. The results are not always astounding, but when they are statistically significant, I pay attention to the data. You will always find fakes in this field, but it does not mean that there are no trained practitioners of psychic science.

You will find people who believe in the TV show that you referenced just as you will find people who believe the moon landing never happened. You can ridicule those people if you feel that it is worth your time, or you can continue to live your life with your beliefs and allow others to continue with theirs.

Perhaps you will have an experience someday that could change your mind. I would hope that you would continue to be open minded about the possibilities and recognize it when it occurs.

Answer 8

While the schools teach Science, it is not their business to challenge people's beliefs in the supernatural. Somethings things happen that are so far-fetched as to shatter the laws of statistics (Murphy's Law - in an experiment, you are always on the wrong side of the 2-sigma limit). Nor do I think it should be business of schools. After all, what harm does it do in the long run?

Answer 9

If you define supernatural as something that can not be explained by science, then I think there is plenty of it around.
If you are suggesting that everything in the universe is known by man and can be explained by our science, then we can stop studies and research right now. There is no more need.
Everything is not explained, and all physics are not known.
Any scientist or physicist should be able to tell you how limited our knowledge of the world we live in actually is.

Answer 10

its human nature to be curious about things, especially the unknown. out of high school since early 1970s, i"ve learned more about different subjects and life on my own than i ever learned back then. Obsessing on these things is a different story, for some.They are interesting and curious subjects to say the least.....maybe some day science will shed some light on them. keep an open mind, and use your own judgments.