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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Starting 50 years ago the James Randi Educational Foundation has offered 1 Million Dollars to anyone that can prove the existence of paranormal phenomenon. They define paranormal as "not scientifically explainable". Thousands of people have tried to get the Million that is held in trust, but none have been able to prove the existence of ANY paranormal activity.
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Correct. In the last 50 years, the people who have "applied" for the prize have not met the winning criteria as set forth by the foundation offering the bounty.
This is only slightly more elegant than "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 2, if you guess it I will give you $1,000,000". Go ahead, guess, I'll tell you if you won.
I have friends in the "skeptic" community. Through them I see lots of Facebook discussions and other things. A few of them are neutral-minded people, many are simply closed-minded cynics. Their groups go through all kinds of drama and accusations and finger-pointing amongst themselves. They despise religion, but then practically worship guys like Randi. Many of the skeptics have proven little or nothing, they just claim that everything must have a scientific explanation, even if they can't offer a clear and obvious answer to things like the video that started this discussion. As others have pointed out, even when there is evidence, that evidence is then called into question if it's not validated and verified first-hand by a "skeptic".
I don't really know or care about the details behind this video, it doesn't affect me.
I can't prove unknown forces exist. You can't *prove* they don't. Enjoy your beliefs, let others enjoy theirs.