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Quote by: Jack  This reads more like an excuse for having evidence that doesn't stand up to critical examination than anything else. Anybody can do science. Research it yourself. Submit your documented test results for peer review. Put the evidence and substantiation out there for skeptical review. |
Serious study in parapsychology is rarely reviewed in a neutral manner, and many times not reviewed at all. Many of the scientists who
do review the subject neutrally often agree that "something is going on here." The unfortunate thing is that making any greater claim than that, or even studying deeper into the subject, tends to be a huge taboo in science. These scientists become re-labelled as cooks and pseudoscientists, and their reputation is destroyed.
Parapsychology, which includes the study of OBEs and NDEs, is taken very seriously by thousands of scientists. Hundreds of institutes and many more academic publishings are invovled, all of them finding some extremely fascinating results that challenge the very roots of science. The mainstream scientific community has barely touched the subject, which is especially strange when you consider the impact it can have.
As of yet, evidence concerning the link between consciousness and the brain is very scarce. Research into veridical OBEs and NDEs, both very difficult to study frequently, is also relatively scarce. However, this a substantial amount of very credible evidence (much more than mere anecdotes) that supports such topics as ESP, psychokinesis and telepathy.
The question is whether this evidence is accurate, reproducible, honest, controlled, etc. It should be reviewed
neutrally and scientifically, but unfortunately it rarely is.
I found this to be an interesting interview with Dr. Dean Radin about psychic phenomenon and the taboo involved with it.
YouTube - Dean Radin, Ph.D on Quantum Physics 1 of 3
If you wish I can supply links to the "psi" papers, institutes, studies, etc. but since many of them are not NDE/OBE related I'm not sure if it would be suitable to this topic.
Sorry for the little rant. I just don't like seeing people throw about the assumption that "the scientific community is all-accepting," as I would not always consider that the case.