Agrippan Skepticism (Humans)

by dhw, Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 13:20 (4713 days ago) @ xeno6696

Matt asked me how we could “meaningfully assimilate” NDE experiences, and how a psychic explanation served the purpose of gathering knowledge. I replied (9 November at 17.19) that as no-one knows the source or nature of consciousness, these experiences MIGHT be construed as evidence of a form of energy as yet unknown to us. Until the truth is known, Agrippan scepticism demands suspension of judgement.

For some reason, Matt, your reply completely avoids the subject of psychic experiences and their relationship to consciousness, and focuses entirely on free will. This is a totally different subject, which we’ve already discussed at great length. I really don’t want to go over all the arguments again, especially as psychic experiences have always been a big stumbling block for you. You would like to dismiss these phenomena – hence the questions to which I responded – even when there is third-party corroboration of information which could not have been obtained by normal means. To me this smacks of prejudgement.

Under “Afterlife: Matt Take Notice!!!” (7 December at 22.26) I challenged you to respond to a website David had referred us to:

http://www.near-death.com/experiences/research11.html

I hoped you would read it and let us know if you were “now prepared at least to consider the possibility that there might be a form of psychic energy beyond the material world as we know it.” You may well have missed it, as you were obviously very busy at the time. Perhaps you could return to that thread now. It might encourage you to become a truly Agrippan sceptic by keeping an open mind!