From: bdplikaytis@nspmbellsouth.net   
      
   This is a rather significant event, given her scholarship and her   
   publications these past 10-15 years attempting to debunk NDE's. Could you   
   provide a link where we could explore this further?   
      
   thanks,   
   Brian   
      
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   Brian   
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   "anamcara"  wrote in message   
   news:652a14e7.0407030641.42e0269a@posting.google.com...   
   > At last the high priestess of NDE/paranormal denialism has   
   > substantially climbed down from her pedastal of dogmatism.I just   
   > accessed the following from Ken Williams website.This quote indicates   
   > a substantial readjustment of her attitude towards psi - and   
   > therefore,it can probably be assumed towards the NDE.I had a funny   
   > feeling that this would happen soooner or later:   
   >   
   > '' But perhaps this is asking too much. After all, Blackmore pursued a   
   > PhD in parapsychology in order to become a “famous   
   > parapsychologist”. Having failed to produce research supporting   
   > the psi hypothesis, she evidently decided to try to make a name for   
   > herself by attacking the psi hypothesis, which must at the time have   
   > seemed to be an easy target. Apparently, though, in a recent article   
   > she claims to have given up. “At last, I’ve done it.   
   > I’ve thrown in the towel”, she wrote.   
   >   
   >   
   > Come to think of it, I feel slightly sad. It was just over thirty   
   > years ago that I had the dramatic out-of-body experience that   
   > convinced me of the reality of psychic phenomena… Just of few   
   > years of careful experiments changed all that. I found no psychic   
   > phenomena… I became a sceptic.(emphasis added).   
   >   
   > So why didn’t I give up then? There are lots of bad reasons.   
   > Admitting you are wrong is always hard, even though it’s a skill   
   > every scientist needs to learn. And starting again as a baby in a new   
   > field is a daunting prospect. So is losing all the status and power of   
   > being an expert. I have to confess I enjoyed my hard-won knowledge.   
   >   
   > …None of it ever gets anywhere. That’s a good enough   
   > reason for leaving.   
   >   
   > But perhaps the real reason is that I am just too tired - and tired   
   > above all of working to maintain an open mind. I couldn’t   
   > dismiss all those extraordinary claims out of hand. After all, they   
   > just might be true …   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > We’ll miss you, Susan''   
      
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