User talk:Rikstar

Parapsychology, skeptical criticism

Hi, I put in a response to the criticism you contributed Martinphi 02:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Physics and parapsychology

Wow, that is a really good one. I think I have no sources addressing it. I'll see what I can find. Merry Christmas! Martinphi 06:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New parapsychology crit

Yes, I'm not sure what you mean by "big guns," but I personally think comparing psi to quantum mechanics is probably a bad idea. It's like trying to explain Dark Matter by tweaking General Relativity, or something. There's going to be a limit to the expertise you can find on Wikipedia. If you know the criticisms so well, though, maybe you can help with the responses?

BTW, I've heard so many positive things said by eminent quantum physicists which are positive of parapsychology, that the last crit isn't gonna be hard (:

From the looks of it, really, this is a level of detail too great for this article, and needs a "Parapsychology and physics" article to itself.

Whoa, dude, I finished reading that, and it's very good, but it needs to paired down to a paragraph or two and a quote! Or, put it in a separate article. I'm saving it for reference myself, though. I've often wanted to debunk the mis-use of QM and other terms like "magnetism," that New Agers use.Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 20:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Background

I think there needs to be more background for this:

Renowned statistician and conjuror Persi Diaconis, an observer in many parapsychological studies, observed that:

"Even if there had not been subject cheating, [these experiments] would be useless because they were out of control. The confusing and erratic experimental conditions I have described are typical of every(emphasis in the original) test of paranormal phenomena I have witnessed."

because if this quote is going to be in there we need to know exactly what he was observing, as with the quote directly above. Makes it sound like he observed the entire field, and all kinds of experiments. It doesn't mesh with the rest of the paragraph. According to this quote, it should read, "All parapsychological studies have been badly designed."Martin^phi _{(Talk Ψ Contribs)} 00:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Restructuring Parapsychology

The parapsychology article needs some serious restructuring. Come on over to my sandbox and see how you can help.--Annalisa Ventola _{(Talk | Contribs)} 07:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

The citation for the Stenger article in the list of References should be reformatted like this:

Document available on university program or department Web site:

Rogers, B. (2078). Faster-than-light travel: What we've learned in the first twenty years. Retrieved August 24, 2079, from Mars University, Institute for Martian Studies Web site: http://www.eg.spacecentraltoday.mars/university/dept.html

Your Beyerstein link is dead. Could you take a look at it?

Please see either APA style or Wikipedia:Harvard referencing for guidelines on how to do inline citations. (I've already done some of them for you.)

Thanks. --Annalisa Ventola _{(Talk | Contribs)} 18:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm doing some clean-up on the citations, and I was wondering if you have the city of publication for Alcock 1981? --Annalisa Ventola _{(Talk | Contribs)} 03:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]