Undesired Walrus
28th November 2009, 04:04 PM
As a purely intellectual exercise, I was wondering what it would take to establish that there were paranormal forces at work in the film 'Paranormal Activity'.
I just saw the film, as was scared out of my pants, but I also admired (putting my skeptic hat on with trembling fingers) how one of the characters sprinkles talcum powder on the floor to establish that there is an invisible Demon walking around, and how he sets up a camera to prove something was going on at night. He does all this as night after night there are strange goings-on in the house, from noises to moving furniture.
But I'm aware that video footage simply wouldn't be enough (Is it more likely nature should go out of her course than a man should tell a lie etc), so what would it take for Randi to be satisfied that nature has gone out of her course?
I just saw the film, as was scared out of my pants, but I also admired (putting my skeptic hat on with trembling fingers) how one of the characters sprinkles talcum powder on the floor to establish that there is an invisible Demon walking around, and how he sets up a camera to prove something was going on at night. He does all this as night after night there are strange goings-on in the house, from noises to moving furniture.
But I'm aware that video footage simply wouldn't be enough (Is it more likely nature should go out of her course than a man should tell a lie etc), so what would it take for Randi to be satisfied that nature has gone out of her course?