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Wiseman replies to Schwartz - Follow-Up - response to "After-Death Communications: A Misleading Critique," by Gary E. Schwartz, in September/October 2002 issue - Brief Article
Skeptical Inquirer, Nov-Dec, 2002 by Richard Wiseman
This is a brief response to "After-Death Communications: A Misleading Critique," by Gary E. Schwartz, Follow-Up column, SKEPTICAL INQUIRER, September/October 2002.
I am glad to see that Gary Schwartz accepts that his original experiment did indeed contain the various flaws that I outlined in my critique. He does, however, dispute whether such problems could give rise to the apparent accuracy of the mediums' statements. This is an empirical question that can only be settled by carrying out new studies that do not contain the type of sensory leakage and judging artifacts present in his original experiment. Schwartz claims to have recently conducted and published such an experiment (Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 65.4, 257-275). Unfortunately, his paper reveals that this new experiment still contained the potential for judging bias, as the sitters were not blind when assessing the accuracy of the mediums' comments. Until such problems are rectified it will be impossible to judge whether the mediums involved in such studies have paranormal abilities.
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