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There must be hundreds of honest scientists who are curious about paranormal issues and would like to conduct serious investigations, but almost none of them will admit it. There are probably thousands of reasons why, but here are a few.
1. There's no money in it. Scientists operate on grants from the public or are paid by corporations who want to monetize their discoveries.
2. Scientists are held to a type of social structure called a "consensus". If they wander outside the bounds of the consensus they are ostracized by their peers and their careers are threatened. Currently, the consensus is that anything paranormal is not worthy of serious scientific investigation. The science is "settled" and "deniers" of are not tolerated. Actually, paranormal investigators do this too.
3. Even if maverick scientists were to independently fund and conduct paranormal investigations, there is no peer-reviewed publication for them to publish results. In the world of science the phrase "publish or perish" is literally true.

<blockquote data-quote="pduchesne" data-source="post: 180554" data-attributes="member: 6932">There must be hundreds of honest scientists who are curious about paranormal issues and would like to conduct serious investigations, but almost none of them will admit it.&nbsp; There are probably thousands of reasons why, but here are a few.1.&nbsp; There&#039;s no money in it.&nbsp; Scientists operate on grants from the public or are paid by corporations who want to monetize their discoveries.2.&nbsp; Scientists are held to a type of social structure called a &quot;consensus&quot;. If they wander outside the bounds of the consensus they are ostracized by their peers and their careers are threatened.&nbsp; Currently, the consensus is that anything paranormal is not worthy of serious scientific investigation. The science is &quot;settled&quot; and &quot;deniers&quot; of are not tolerated.&nbsp; Actually, paranormal investigators do this too.3.&nbsp; Even if maverick scientists were to independently fund and conduct paranormal investigations, there is no peer-reviewed publication for them to publish results.&nbsp; In the world of science the phrase &quot;publish or perish&quot; is literally true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pduchesne, post: 180554, member: 6932"] [SIZE=4] There must be hundreds of honest scientists who are curious about paranormal issues and would like to conduct serious investigations, but almost none of them will admit it. There are probably thousands of reasons why, but here are a few. 1. There's no money in it. Scientists operate on grants from the public or are paid by corporations who want to monetize their discoveries. 2. Scientists are held to a type of social structure called a "consensus". If they wander outside the bounds of the consensus they are ostracized by their peers and their careers are threatened. Currently, the consensus is that anything paranormal is not worthy of serious scientific investigation. The science is "settled" and "deniers" of are not tolerated. Actually, paranormal investigators do this too. 3. Even if maverick scientists were to independently fund and conduct paranormal investigations, there is no peer-reviewed publication for them to publish results. In the world of science the phrase "publish or perish" is literally true. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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