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Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2009 01:53:24PM 1 point [-]

It looks cheesy, but I've heard quite a few people like it, and I've read some interesting posts on his blog.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 03 July 2009 04:15:21PM 3 points [-]

I read the blog, which is good in parts, but I've never found the forums worth the time.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 July 2009 11:31:17PM *  1 point [-]

After seeing:

Psychic & Paranormal

Psi skills, psychic energy, dreams, lucid dreaming, astral projection, paranormal phenomena, non-physical entities, extraterrestrials, channeling, mediumship, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance

I'm gonna recant my previous post. Not worth your time (and when did dreaming and lucid dreaming become "paranormal"?).

Edit:

Intention-Manifestation

Manifesting intentions, law of attraction, vibrational harmony, synchronicities, luck, share your intentions, practice group manifesting

Sheesh, half of these forums are the same thing.

Comment author: CannibalSmith 06 July 2009 04:41:51PM *  0 points [-]

Association fallacy. Just because the forums contain sections abhorrent to you, doesn't mean other sections are just as bad. Also, 3 of 17 is hardly half.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 July 2009 09:40:06PM 0 points [-]

Association fallacy. Just because the forums contain sections abhorrent to you, doesn't mean other sections are just as bad.

Are you suggesting it does not paint something about the general reliability of the community? I think this is silly.

Also, 3 of 17 is hardly half.

Sure it is, modulo hyperbole :-)

Comment author: CannibalSmith 07 July 2009 05:27:56AM *  1 point [-]

Yes. I'm saying that those forums are quite large, and people who post in one section are unlikely to post in other sections. We can rely on, say, people in tech section to know tech.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 July 2009 09:24:16PM 0 points [-]

True; the largeness is a factor.