From: olv368@aol.com   
      
   Brian P. wrote:   
   >   
   > 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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   > respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net   
   >   
   > "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''   
      
      
   Wow, can't debunk it! after 15 years of trying? Wonder why?   
      
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