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Scientist who is skeptical, not a skeptic
The following
is a repost of a blog by Matt Moniz.
Matt is a scientist by day and a paranormal
investigator and researcher by night,
although he finds the two often slip
into each other. Matt is also
the science advisor for the radio
show Spooky Southcoast at
www.spookysouthcoast.com, one
of the better paranormal radio shows
out there.
He is an expert in UFOs,
odd animals, and ghosts, but he is
first and foremost an expert on how
to research...
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By Matt Moniz
Artwork Ricardo
Pustanio
For many years I have researched the unknown
and as some call it, the paranormal. There
is a common belief that all scientists are
skeptics when it comes to these topics. People
could not be further from the truth. I have
found that most scientists I know are skeptical
of the topic, not skeptics. That little distinction
is a bigger thing then you may know.
A scientist is REQUIRED to be OBJECTIVE,
and not rule out ANYTHING until all avenues
of testing on the topic itself have shown
this to be the case. This means that just
because something is shown to work on this
model, that it does not mean that it applies
to everything. To say something "can
not be" because something else isn't
is BAD SCIENCE. You must test that claim which
you say why it can't be, on the ACTUAL topic,
FULLY and DIRECTY.
Case in point is the humble Bumblebee.
Physics dictates that a lift surface must
have an area of a particular size to enable
an object of a certain mass to be able to
get off the ground, and our rules on this
are quite fixed in most scientific circles
and is used on all the things we develop for
flight. Yet Mr. Bumble, has wings far below
what we calculate he should need to get off
the ground, even if it was able to beat its
wings faster than it does by nature.
Is the bee wrong, or are we? By sciences
rules, he should not fly but sure does one
hell of an imitation. This similar to the
argument that "aliens" can not get
here to Earth because "we" do not
know how to get there with what "we"
know about travel through space.
Well that thought itself right in its limited
thinking, but so way wrong in actual application
as the "aliens" are not getting
here it would seem on what "we"
know, but rather on what "they"
know.( they must be related to those bees)
This is like saying "I can not play a
guitar, therefor NOBODY should be able to
play one then as well because I can't".
Science by rule can not make such sweeping
claims yet some have insisted on doing so.
You see, the common claim that science has
proven things like ghosts, and UFOs are not
real are with respect to scientifically proving
it so is not actually true. ( a case of wishful
thinking pure and simple )
These were topics that got tossed out of
hand into that pile, WITHOUT DIRECT application
of testing because it was easier to do that
then to take the risk of actually having to
except that some of the now patent theories
"may be a little off", hence the
unsubstantiated claim that these things are
not real. ( its easier to LABEL something
not true then to change the thoughts on what
you think and others have been lead to BELIEVE
is not)
Anyone can look through the literature and
periodicals and studies in all the works of
science to be found out there, and you will
not fine ONE actual OBJECTIVE and UNBIASED
study done on anything in the paranormal,
not one.( some smoke screen stuff and ones
with hidden agendas to be sure, but no independent
impartial ones) So, the claim that science
has proved the paranormal is unfounded is
a statement unfounded in itself.
Some of you will ask why? The answer is as
old as you may think, MONEY. There is no money
to be made studying it. This is the main reason,
and as it takes money to study something,
any other topic that can compete for funds
will be subject to assault and ridicule so
that funds for further research could be redirected
to other avenues, thus robbing any future
that topic would have. Greed, in a word is
why the topic of the paranormal is hounded
by frightened malcontents. To hell with finding
answers to questions that will not make a
company money, I want more money to look into
why "mouse farts don't smell like cheese".
( if you wonder why that would make money,
rodent detection is a lucrative business)
Such are these claims that are made by skeptics,
who are people who CAN NOT accept even the
mere thoughts of the topic of the paranormal
being real, regardless of any actual and real
and viable qualitative and quantitative data
to the contrary as it displaces them from
the center of their little work and world.
( And there is a mountain of data out there
to show that there is something very real)
You see, the skeptic shows that it is possible
to have a mind even smaller and narrower than
their reproductive organs.
Yes I am skeptical as I should be as a scientist,
and I do not except every story about the
claims made by people on things in the paranormal
nor do I outright and off hand dismiss it
either. I test the paranormal claims firsthand
and let the data make up my mind, not make
up my mind and then make up the data like
a skeptic does.( fact-more hoaxing, data fudging
and fact changing goes on with those who try
to prove the paranormal is unfounded then
those who are trying to say its valid....
keep in mind your dealing with zealots who
will do anything to protect their textbooks
just as a religious zealot does what they
can to protect their holy books)
I am doing science right, as I am in the
field in the actual places, and scientifically
testing the real materials involved, not cooking
up PHONY trumped up simulated lab experiments
to disprove something. I will stick to getting
my hands dirty looking for the truth, and
none can say that doing so is wrong as that
IS the TRUE scientific way. So if you do not
WANT to believe that these things happen then
that is your choice. I will continue to do
the job you are apparently too afraid to do
to get to the real answers.
About Matt Moniz
Matt Moniz "Spooky Southcoast”
Science Advisor. Moniz with his witt charm
and enigmatic persona is a chemist by day,
and paranormal researcher (and sometime-sound
guy) by night.
He has almost 20 years experience investigating
the unknown, and there’s little he hasn’t
personally encountered in that time. Moniz
has been published in books like “Left
at East Gate” by Larry Warren and Peter
Robbins, “Witness” by Budd Hopkins,
and “Glimpses” by Linda Moulton
Howe.
In his capacity as Science Advisor, he introduces
intriguing evidence of the existence of the
paranormal, while ensuring that Tim and Matt
continue to seek answers yet never stop asking
questions.
Moniz is a actual scientist
by day and a paranormal investigator and researcher
by night, although he finds the two often
slip into each other. Matt is also the
science advisor for the radio show Spooky
Southcoast at
www.spookysouthcoast.com,
one of the better paranormal radio shows out
there.
He is an expert in UFOs, odd animals, and
ghosts, but he is first and foremost an expert
on how to research...
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