Reply #25: Here's the bottom line

[Orrex]

The difference between EM fields prior-to-discovery and Psi energy or whatever hocus-pocus you care to mention is that people weren't running around believing in EM or claiming, a la "chi-sensitive" folks, that only an "attuned mind" can perceive it. Instead, EM fields were not accepted because the equipment for demonstrating their existence simply didn't exist in any standardized, usable form. Does that really seem, to you, to be the same as someone who claims that two pounds of brain can detect magical energies wholly invisible to any and all electronic equipment?

“Any time a wild and unsubstantiated claim is not embraced, its proponents here at DU cry "you're closed-minded, and your science is your religion."

Well, if the fundy shoe fits…..

I see--so you have nothing more to bring to this discussion than "but you really, really are being religious."

Sorry, but I'm not interested in making you understand what a religion is and why science isn't one. I have the sense that, even if presented with ironclad evidence, you still won't accept it.

You claim with odd pride that you're not a skeptic, which I take to mean that you're proudly gullible. That's your business, but I'm not going to bother screwing your head on straight for you.