The Paranormal (Where is it now?)

by David Turell , Friday, February 13, 2009, 13:40 (5760 days ago) @ dhw

2) You say it is psychiatry not psychology that deals with case histories. Thank you. I wanted to use the term "case histories" in place of your prejudicial "anecdotes" as a basis for study. I still think this is a valid answer to your question about how to proceed. - In this country both psychiatrists and psychologists have private practices and treat cases and can do case histories and case studies and publish in respected journals. The only difference is the former went to medical school. Both have the same understanding of patient's mental problems. - - > 5) Matter is a special form of energy (by which you mean the measurable energy defined by physicists, and not the imaginary "chi"). In view of your reply to BBella, perhaps I could repeat a quote from Wikipedia: "It has been noted that the names 'dark matter' and 'dark energy' serve mainly as an expression of human ignorance, much like the marking of early maps with 'terra incognita'." - Physical sciences can measure any form of matter or energy ( except dark energy and dark matter at this point considering their theoretical existence) but psychological studies involve the input of the subjects which can be shaded by the underlying psychology of each individual. It is almost like quantum theory: one gets averages of the people (particles).