I don't have to eat my hat

[essentialsaltes]

Update on the comatose Belgian man 'communicating' via FC.

"The sceptics said it was impossible – and it was."

The truth of the matter gives me no joy, but neither are things that might give me joy necessarily true.

[still curious about the rest of Laureys' results about brain function. Dr. L's earlier support for FC didn't do much for my opinion of his perspicacity, but the two claims are separate.]

Comments

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Yes, the results in your link are what I was referring to in my [parenthetical sentences]. Laureys was involved in this fMRI research, but he was also quite credulous about the 'facilitated communication' that was being fraudulently used with some of the same patients in his study. The FC has now been proven to be lies (as has been known for years) - so I have some niggling worries about the fMRI research, although it seems to have a better basis in reality. Certainly other researchers will be reduplicating this research, and it should soon be settled whether it's real or not.

[ajax.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I am kinda hoping the comatose people with minimal brain activity are, in fact, vegetables. The idea of consciousness coupled with total sensory deprivation and paralysis bears a strong resemblance to my conception of Hell.

--- Ajax.

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[boymaenad.livejournal.com]

thanks. :)