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The group has been embraced by several professionals in the paranormal community for its stake in academia. Being a part of a well-known university gave PRS credibility and access to avenues that most independent researchers are denied. PRS also hosts a national paranormal conference every October called UNIV-CON.

While I accept and admit that there are certain things unexplainable (as yet) by modern science, such as:

twins who claim to know the moment of the other sibling's death, ill health, accident etc

close spouses doing the same as the above, or sharing physical experiences (such as sympathy pains in pregnancy, etc but more pronounced and fantastic)

the occasional "superhuman" event one hears of at times, such as a mother lifting a car off her child, yet she is a 100 pound weakling under normal circumstances

spontaneous human combustion

...and many others, I do NOT accept that this means there is evidence of the supernatural. It is simply the lack of our ability to explain precisely what has happened, and a need to do so. This is how the concept of (the) god(s) was formed in the first place. I do find such instances fascinating, heck, I used to watch stuff like 'In Search Of' on a regular basis. Fascinating, however, does not mean true.

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            Nvr

The Wanderer:

Wow! I almost have to admire you for sheer audacity.

But only almost.

You said (again!)

The best way to avoid being called a liar is quite simply to avoid telling lies. You haven't done that. In fact, you've just repeated the same lies verbatim, despite having been called on them. I would dismiss you merely as a disingenuous phony, were it not for the absolutely bizarre repetition of a post that had just been shown to be completely false. I'm not sure whether it's a matter of utter contempt for those who don't agree with you, or an almost unparalleled stupidity but either way, you've shown that you're not capable of being involved in a serious discussion.

            Hey funkyd. Why hold back? Just tell us how you really feel! LOL!

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            Nvr  

Wandering,

You have repeatedly pasted the same links as proof to support your position that credible sources in the names of Penn and Oxford universities are conducting research into the paranormal with the implication that they can only be doing so because paranormal activity is real.

Other members of this board have followed your links and found that the linked institutions do not indeed conduct such research.

Now my two cents worth of contribution is:

• What do you want us to find in the linked institutions' websites that those like kid who have visited them and already relayed to us what they have found may have missed? Since they did not find what you had said they would find, why don't you post what it is that they are not getting on those websites?
• As to the other links that you have provided to societies/associations of people interested or making allegations on para-psychological experiences, do you consider such alleged experiences to be on the same level with peer reviewed published research of the kind that we would expect from Penn and Oxford universities were they to conduct and publish such findings?
• Rather than keep re-posting the same links, can you post a summary of one specific peer reviewed published finding from a researcher at Penn or Oxford or any other reputable academic institution with and provide a link to the paper?

Wanderer

More questions to ponder,

• Even if Penn, Oxford or any other reputable university were to conduct research into the paranormal, would this not just be a bid to examine if there is something into the alleged phenomena and not a conclusion that the phenomena exists? Isn't all research a finding out and not a conclusion? Wouldn't any conclusions have to await the research's findings?

RM

Dear RM: Although, I am not a scientist or scholar concerning this matter,

here is some helpful information designed to help you out with your questions.

Respectfully,

The Wanderer