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Ivan Seeking
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I wouldn't know where to start.Must have been a really difficult task.

There are two religions involved: True believers and true non-believers.
I wouldn't know where to start.Must have been a really difficult task.
They weren't lost; just moved into GD where they don't add to the post count.I was going to use the sad icon, but that wouldn't have added to your like count; and I thought losing all those posts was bad enough!
I think the most obvious and credible unexplained phenomena are those identified by some branches of science (such as biology or psychology), but not easily explained by the "harder" branches of science (physics and chemistry).S&D was all about the identification of credible unexplained phenomena. By definition that is not "science" as it is currently understood. It was all about that not understood or explained by science.
Personally, that not explained has always interested me more than that which is explained. And ultimately that is what we need to consider. But that doesn't change the practical problem of moderating a forum like that.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion. ;)I think the most obvious and credible unexplained phenomena are those identified by some branches of science (such as biology or psychology), but not easily explained by the "harder" branches of science (physics and chemistry).
The explanations connecting these different fields remain to be discovered.
I remember it well Ivan. I don't know how you managed, but you did a good job of it.S&D was a nightmare to moderate. It required a lot of time and no one was ever happy. It required a great deal of dedication.
Many (most?) forums have such an area or even multiple areas. Nothing odd about it.That's precisely what an anomaly is!
Anomaly:
an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
an incongruity or inconsistency.
Anomalies may be intentional or unintended.
Here is a nice safe example of an apparent credible mysteryI think the most obvious and credible unexplained phenomena are those identified by some branches of science (such as biology or psychology), but not easily explained by the "harder" branches of science (physics and chemistry).
The explanations connecting these different fields remain to be discovered.
Its interesting.Here is a nice safe example of an apparent credible mystery
https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...ela-scientific-american-dec-18th-1886.492074/
Almost always? Why are you generalizing? We are talking about one report. And the author describes events that are indicative of radiation poisoning; before anyone knew about radiation poisoning. That certainly makes it interesting. Is it proof of anything? No. But in science we falsify, we don't prove.Its interesting.
However, in all these cases of the unusual (low probability of happening of being seen), especially in the past, the witnesses are almost always indirect second or third hand sources.
This limits questioning.
Also, a lack of any modern CSI type stuff (fornesics) to figure out what happened.
Need more observations.
Or, figure out what it is and make one.
I'm talking about unusual observations in the more general sense.Almost always? Why are you generalizing?
I don't think I said that. I just have my own way of thinking of things.You said there are no unrecognized mysteries. This is a report that challenges that assumption. And this is one of many thousands. You have to be willing to look if you are to see anything. Blinding yourself to anything that can't be tested in a lab is to miss much of the wonders of existence.
What you want to argue is essentially that we know everything.Okay, prove it.