User talk:Bob M/supernatural

More please Scream!! (talk) 08:34, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

People claiming supernatural powers psychics, fortune tellers, dowsers etc. Scream!! (talk) 08:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion: anyone referring to Richard Carrier to be topic banned instantly. (Whaddya mean we don't do topic bans? Oh well!) Scream!! (talk) 09:03, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks scream - you are right - that's another category.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 09:09, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Editing[edit]

Bob, would you rather have suggestions offered on the talk page, or is editing the page itself OK? I've already done some of that, but will happily keep it on this talk page if you like. Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 13:52, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Please go ahead.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 17:53, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Looking good[edit]

Already looking better than the current article. The history section could use some expansion -- I may try to add some in. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 16:12, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Please feel free.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 17:53, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

OK, I have added to the history section on the early history of conceptions of the supernatural. I hope to start a section on philosophy and why the concept of supernatural is incoherent. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 05:02, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Additional editors[edit]

Although this is in my user space if have no objection to Nebuchadnezzar and Sprocket editing it. In fact I'd be delighted.

It's just a stub Neb so feel free to add or expand the history if you want to. I was thinking of historical supernatural beliefs contrasted with more modern supernatural beliefs. Perhaps how they are similar and how they are different - if at all. But as I don't have time to work on it at the moment plese go at it if you want to. Or take it in another direction.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 17:53, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Oh! And Scream is welcome too as he seems to pass the rational sanity test.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 17:56, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

dualism[edit]

Should we explicitly add dualism as something which straddles the fence between the supernatural and pseudoscience?--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 19:53, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Pareidolia[edit]

I think there could be a place for mentioning pareidolia, and the part signal detection theory plays in the way critters, including humans, can be spooked by things that aren't there. If I think of a neat way to say it, I might just. Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 15:07, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Added, though I didn't go into detail about it because we have a page already. Feel free to expand if you want. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 04:58, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Replace[edit]

So I've proposed on the supernatural talk page that this replace the existing article. Comments are welcome.--Bob ^{"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that."} 19:36, 5 September 2014 (UTC)