tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post8214405773561323715..comments2024-02-16T07:42:10.015-06:00Comments on SKEPTIC REFLECTIONS: FREE WILL AS TELEKINESISJOHN PHILLIPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357524637192990158noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-960839575066157592021-09-06T13:34:11.895-05:002021-09-06T13:34:11.895-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09530701956314986861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-52664515625875816742021-06-19T14:24:35.965-05:002021-06-19T14:24:35.965-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sofiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514878406457624810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-75426518329124768502017-11-02T14:31:07.512-05:002017-11-02T14:31:07.512-05:00Interesting line of inquiry. Because I find mysel...Interesting line of inquiry. Because I find myself committed to a more or less purely physicalist understanding of the world, I have not paid much attention to the paranormal, since, by definition, it assumes there is something that is beyond the physical and beyond scientific understanding. <br /><br />If you have written/published anything along those lines, I would be interested. <br /><br />Coincidentally, last week I happen to have attended a local presentation by a paranormal investigation group. They came across as sincere but fundamentally accepting of the idea of existence of events that are not explicable by science. Most attendees were of the same mindset. My sense is that people want to believe in the paranormal because it would expand the realm of the possible. Science puts a wet blanket on such notions.<br /><br />As to John Phillips the musician, I am very familiar with the Mamas and the Papas from the 1960s but not of Phillips's work as a solo musician.JOHN PHILLIPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357524637192990158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-60179876163796612732017-11-02T13:57:03.124-05:002017-11-02T13:57:03.124-05:00Dear John,
I found Your blog by searching the web ...Dear John,<br />I found Your blog by searching the web for sound skeptical(important !) philosophical, conceptual, theoretical, etc. thoughts & reflections on claims of the paranormal...(there<br />are countless claims as well as debunkings of specific claims of the "paranormal" (PSI Wheels/Uri Geller etc...but<br />I'm more interested in the "theoretical" side of it...)<br /><br />By the way : if You don't know it, You should check out the music by "Papa John"...<br />It is GREAT ! sneaky Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863114227834816180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-75622599065550781462017-11-02T13:08:52.012-05:002017-11-02T13:08:52.012-05:00No, I am not the Wolfking of LA. LOL He actually...No, I am not the Wolfking of LA. LOL He actually passed away in 2001, according to Wiki.<br /><br />I would be interested in learning how you came upon my blog generally and this essay in particular. JOHN PHILLIPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357524637192990158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-59021450484876043382017-11-02T12:31:39.430-05:002017-11-02T12:31:39.430-05:00You're very welcome, John ! (..You're not ...You're very welcome, John ! (..You're not the "Wolfking of L.A.", are You ?)sneaky Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863114227834816180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-69243065356933680502017-11-01T10:07:35.820-05:002017-11-01T10:07:35.820-05:00And thanks, too, for your reference to Carroll'...And thanks, too, for your reference to Carroll's blog post on telekinesis.<br />JOHN PHILLIPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357524637192990158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-18744540834379411342017-11-01T09:56:56.619-05:002017-11-01T09:56:56.619-05:00Thanks for your kind comments. I know that my wri...Thanks for your kind comments. I know that my writing is not in the same league as Carroll's, but I am a big fan of his, including his The Big Picture.JOHN PHILLIPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357524637192990158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-46173766504201043812017-11-01T06:16:05.827-05:002017-11-01T06:16:05.827-05:00Very true, very intelligent & well written ! Y...Very true, very intelligent & well written ! You must be a wise man...<br />Your thoughts are up there with Sean Carrolls take on (the impossibility of) Tele-/Psychokinesis : http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2008/02/18/telekinesis-and-quantum-field-theory/<br />sneaky Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863114227834816180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251693339364322895.post-82079817211437993342017-05-17T01:00:41.718-05:002017-05-17T01:00:41.718-05:00ExactlyExactlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com