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Belgian coma 'writer' can't communicate
- NathanKP 17y agoThe likening of the communicator technique to a Ouija board is very telling I think. It is a shame, though, because it would be nice if coma patients really were able to communicate through such techniques.
- klenwell 17y agoGiven what I've read of how the brain and consciousness operate, I was skeptical of this story when I originally heard it. To the lead researcher's credit, he falsified his own results. What I find curious is that he didn't more rigorously test the "ouija technique" sooner.
- nkassis 17y agoFacilitated communication has been shown a long time ago to be a scam. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3439467496200920717&ei=Ur2AS87zDIveqwKjtdyNCA&q=facilitated+communication# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3439467496200920717&...
- blueag 17y agoPseudo science as its best.
- gamble 17y agoJames Randi is proved right again. Unfortunately, the retraction won't get a fraction of the coverage the original claims received, and we'll likely see this case brought up as 'evidence' in political arguments for years to come.