The understanding is coded only in the phase modulation of the
zero crossings. That can be easily proved with a hard limited
voice signal. That sounds awful, but still transfers the information.
(RF clipper completely cranked up, delivers practically constant
amplitude.)
73, Gerhard
Mmm, I don't think so. Not always. There are people with high or normal IQ who believe in these things. Sometimes they don't have enough information or training. Or, simply, they are human and have this "primitive magic side". Saying they have a low IQ doesn't help to clear things.
Does that make you feel like a considerate person? When you tell someone their strong belief is BS you are also telling them their judgment is BS. And that's the bottom line in these debates...someone has to concede that their judgment leaves something to be desired. People don't like conceding that.
What a rude and outright incorrect thing to say. Your response here is just as bad as the things you are trying to condemn.
I accept my fault. But judgement can change to better if you believe the other one is a perfectly normal person who can learn and evolve. It's more difficult if you think and say he or she has low IQ.
And, come on, the quantum purifier concept is bs!
Very true. You have to "woo to fight woo". I just made that up. Ok, it's rubbish.
Come back Uri Geller, all is forgiven.
Started reading some Carlos Castaneda this morning.
He discusses strong and sick spots, similar to what you mention.
Shamanism looks like its going to be an interesting read.
Most definitely not, I have friends off the charts that firmly believe in the >100 kHz hearing stuff.
OK let's step back. There are at least 3* possibilities here
1. He was lucky
2. He knows the area very well so subconsciously has a feel for where the water is
3. He can divine for water.
Of these the ability to divine is the least likely given that, even when offered $1M no one could prove an ability. I know which seems most likely to me. You prefer to accept a different possibility.
*It also possible the the Geologist friend got some duff data so was missing the obvious. This is not unknown.
Yeah, this isn't necessarily a smarts thing. Plenty plenty of otherwise brilliant people have all kinds of cockamamie thoughts running through their head. Smart people may be able to better rationalize or make irrationalalities seem logical through clever argument.
When you start digging into it, finding one's own illogical tendencies is pretty easy and quite humbling.
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