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--- Following message extracted from SKEPTIC @ 1:374/14 ---
By Christopher Baker on Sat Jul 15 11:25:03 1995
From: Jackson Harding
To: All Participants
Date: 09 Jul 95 00:05:00
Subj: SKEPTIC echo guidelines
Attr: Kill
MSGID: 3:800/857 2e12567d
PID: FileMgr 0.80
====================================================================
SKEPTIC CONFERENCE GUIDELINES
====================================================================
This conference is for the discussion of fringe science, fringe medicine,
UFO's, psychic powers, water divining and other similar paranormal
phenomena whose veracity or, lack thereof, can be tested by observation
and experiment.
Basic Disclaimer:
This Echo operates under the premises espoused by various skeptical
associations worldwide and CSICOP but is in NO WAY connected to those
organizations. This Echo does not represent these organisations, nor
does it claim any link to those founders, writers and members of those
organizations, although some of them are regular posters.
The co-moderators deny any and all responsibility for the postings of others,
their role is to keep discussion on topic and within the bounds of good taste
and common sense.
The opinions expressed in this Echo are those of the writers identified in
the header of each message. No other responsibility is expressed or implied
for the content of the messages in this Echo. For this reason only real
names or handles conforming to certain guidelines may be used in the headers.
Handles may be used so long as they are not used to avoid responsibility for
the attached posts, are normally used in other Echos, and where the actual
identity of the person under the handle is available upon request to the
Sysop of the posting system or the Moderator of this Echo.
Echo facts:
This Echo is co-moderated by Jackson Harding from The Cockpit BBS,
3:800/857@fidonet in Hawthorndene, South Australia, Australia and by David
Bloomberg of Temples of Syrinx, 1:2430/2112@fidonet in Springfield, IL, USA.
Zone 3 distribution is handled by Jackson. The gateway for traffic to Zone 1
is Christopher Baker of 1:374/14@fidonet, Rights On!, in Titusville, FL,
USA.
Nodes in Zone 3 should direct enquiries to 3:800/857.
SKEPTIC is now on the Zone 1 backbone. Nodes there should direct enquiries
to their usual backbone link in the first instance. Other enquiries,
including problems with obtaining a backbone link can be directed to
1:374/14, 1:2430/2112 or 3:800/857
In Zone 3 the echo is carried on OZLINK, interested sysops should be able to
obtain a feed from your nearest OZLINK system.
The co-moderators thank Chris Baker for his help in carting this echo around
the globe.
Echo Purpose:
1. Stimulate thought and inquiry concerning the claims of pseudo-science,
fringe science, fringe medicine et al and ways of testing the validity
of these claims.
2. To provide a forum where discussion of these claims, their proof, or
disproof can take place, both by skeptics and believers alike.
Echo Rules:
1. Only real names or handles conforming to the guidelines given earlier
may be used.
2. Discussion should be confined to the discussion of matters of interest
to skeptics. The imponderable and the untestable are worthy of
academic interest, but as they are not able to be tested by the skeptic
they should not be dwelled on at length.
3. Matters of religion will inevitably arise from time to time. As these
areas require faith, and as such are untestable they should be minor
issues only. Such discussion is best carried out in echoes such as
HOLYSMOKE, PHIL or one of the myriad of bible echos. Proselytising
is completely off-topic and will not be tolerated.
4. Personal attacks and flames will not be tolerated, if you must abuse
someone take it to NetMail.
Jackson Harding,
David Bloomberg,
co-moderators, SKEPTIC
========================================================================
A skeptic is someone interested in the evidence for fringe-science
/medicine and paranormal _testable_ claims of fact, without regard
to his particular present opinions.
The emphasis on the (always entertaining) fringe prevents this from
becoming a boring symposium of professional scientists and engineers.
Uncertainty over what is the fringe and what is on either side is part
of what keeps it interesting. The emphasis on _testable claims of fact_
excludes the religion-bashers, however much they may protest to the
contrary.
---Rick Moen
"Skepticism is refusing to believe explanations for unusual or abnormal
phenomena that defy current scientific knowledge without being shown
proof of the existence of that phenomenon that conforms to the standards
of acceptable scientific evidence. It is not fence sitting or
prevarication.
--- Jackson Harding
"The authority of science is based on the power of the scientific method and
resides in proof by experiment rather than by pronouncements of the learned
or
the vote of the people"
---Sergei Kapitza,
Professor of Physics, Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology
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