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No peer review, no statistical analysis. Theories don't have to be mathematical either. Theories are an overarching group that explains many laws.Reincarnation has now been proven through the scientific method of hypothesis, collecting data, experimentation, and expressing the theory mathematically.
Edit: Just looked at his edit. He compared birthmarks and phobias.... that's not scientific and that data can't be expressed mathematically. Also he would declare cases genuine based on things that someone could easily research. Also the associates you mentioned, all of them admitted that everything they found was unconvincing.
One of the linguist (actually the linguist) had this to say about the experiment: He also wrote that most of Stevenson's collaborators were "fellow believers" in the paranormal, starting with a preconceived notion.
This is called having conformation bias. They already believed it so they made evidence fit. This means it was not scientific because in science you can't "prove" something you can only reject something. Also guess what, almost all of this when put to scrutiny through peer review (something you ignored in your version of the scientific method) failed to stand up or found some other fact. Take for one case mentioned in the paper of a women who claimed to be a Bengali in her past life. She spoke Bengli so Stevenson said she most have been reincarnated, however she lived in a town with over 9000 Bengalis, was raised on Marathi (a similar language), had bad pronunciation, and studied Sanskrit from which both languages are derived. Hmmmm... something seems fishy there Brad. Also Brad, he set up an experiment that was never finished to "prove" reincarnation. Nobody has yet to open his box. I don't think you read the scrutiny of the paper, or the paper itself, but I have read portions of both now, and I'm not impressed and no scientifically literate person would be either. Before you say it: No you're not scientifically literate.
To think I was starting to believe you. Also he didn't have a degree in a hard science. He was a Psychiatrist. Oh and hey, you know those journal articles they published? The journal is a pseudoscientific journal called the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. It frequently talks about how ESP is real, and the healing power of crystals. Similarly enough he's been published in Journal of Scientific Exploration which is not available on NCBI (a problem I have with several journals is they aren't open to the public) and has been called "An outlet for ufology". So I'm guessing it's not thought highly of in the scientific community.
Also, if you didn't know: Hi Brad, My name is Titty Master Ambrose, and when i'm not clotheslining people in the ring, i'm a biologist.
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