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From: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro)
Newsgroups: net.sci,net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Parapsychology and sloppiness
Message-ID: <208@ulowell.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 16:03:00 EST
Article-I.D.: ulowell.208
Posted: Wed Feb 19 16:03:00 1986
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References: <899@decwrl.DEC.COM> <402@aoa.UUCP> <192@ulowell.UUCP> <954@lanl.ARPA>
Reply-To: dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro)
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Summary: 

In article <954@lanl.ARPA> jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>In article <192@ulowell.UUCP> dobro@ulowell.UUCP (Chet Dobro) writes:
>>                           Parapsychology is getting around to being
>>classified as an 'official' science (I think it should have been long ago)
>>and thus should be allowed here (net.sci).
>>						Gryphon
>
>I think this stuff should stay out of net.sci mainly because the only
>responsible researchers in the field are not on the net (or don't
>contribute anyway).  This leaves only the lunatic fringe - and room for

I don't consider myself a lunatic fringe, but...

>dogma on both sides.  And THAT kind of discussion certainly doesn't belong

Agreed.

>.  Maybe on net.religeon or net.occult. (Is there a net.occult?  Seems
>like the net gets into arguments like this all the time and something like
>net.occult would be a good way out.)

I agree completly. That solves most flame problems.

But, how do you go about getting an new net started...?

Please, if it can be done, get one started. This makes many people happy.

Thanx.

						Gryphon


>
>J. Giles
>Los Alamos