prase comments on Parapsychology: the control group for science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 09 December 2009 08:01:10PM 1 point [-]

In theory, they are just studying the question of psychic phenomena.

What they do in theory isn't much important. Parapsychologists have all their discipline at stake. They can't take one well established effect and gain experience and status by studying it, and then turn to investigation of a more controversial phenomenon. It's a serious difference from climatology.

Comment author: brazil84 13 December 2009 10:00:07PM 0 points [-]

I don't think the difference is all that big. If climatologists discover that global warming is not a serious threat after all, it will seriously damage their ability to get funding and prestige.