Of course numbers doesn`t indicate correctness,but if something as strange as this occurs on a regular basis among humans,shouldn`t we give it some serious attention at least?
Descartes was communicating with angels,and even the big bang theory states that everything sprang out of nothing in an instant.That is like saying that you can believe in one miracle,and everything that happens after that we can explain just fine.

Psi just seems like one of those things that is a gloss on the material world. There's enough stuff out there to make one curious, but never enough evidence that you'd want to bet money on it.

I agree,but if you listen to the debate,you will hear that there is a lot more to it than that.This boils down to two perspectives that crashes.For a materialist there is nothing more tabu than this subject,and as Sheldrake clearly states,they won`t even look at his evidence(just as the guy he is debating is looking away when he provides his evidence at this talk).

I agree with everything you write. My problem is that there are an obscene number of qualified academics who aren't practicing - Sheldrake just happens to be one of them so I feel it necessary to go to task for the practice as I'm sure to make this argument over and over throughout my life.

What do you mean that he is not practicing? If he has collected data and conducted experiments according to the scientific method,and his results show well above chance on several occasions,wouldn`t you call that practice?

It probably took me a lot longer to read it. Maybe not every chapter, but I definitely re-read plenty of pages and sentences. So much is missed the first time through that a second read through everything after you've completed it is highly recommended. I was blow away by home much better TSA was the 2nd time around.

I thought I had a decent understanding of the concepts in PON,until I found this forum You guys are insanely committed to pick Bakkers brain apart,and I love that I guess I have to read it several more times before I reach the level of discussion that arises on this forum.

Kellhus vs Magog:)  should at least be funny to watch,and could maybe last more than 30 sec

I seriously don`t see the point in screening this series.There is so much going on that can`t be described through television.The miniseries was so horrible my eyes bled.I am very biased though,since I don`t watch movies or TV anymore.
Thumbs up for reading,thumbs down for light and colour shooting through your eyeballs,feeding you with images,hypnoticing and dazing you like valium:)

Well,that is kind of what he is trying to point out in his book,that maybe we can understand what telepathy is,by doing proper reasearch/experiments,which he has done.All he is saying is, that when his experiments with animals and humans show results above chance,we should at least look into it more seriously.
I totally agree with you that the scientific method works,and we all enjoy the fruits of their labor.What he is doing in this book is to use this method on science itself,by taking 10 of the most popular "dogmas" in materialist science up for questioning.He is himself a modern scientist(google him) so there should be nothing wrong with his academic credentials.
I am a skeptic like yourself,so when anyone is certain about anything my claws come out:). It is certainly much more satisfactory for humans to be certain about what reality is,but when certainty in all honesty does not exist,it is getting us nowhere to portray something as certain.
Telepathy is just one small aspect in the book,so maybe you should read it if it is in your field of interest to question everything.If not,then don`t read it:)

Not really Just a lot of stupid myths and "folklore". Like all the mountains and islands were once trolls who stepped into
sunlight and turned into stone(don`t know why they chose to do that).In other words,bullshit:)