Comments on: Water, The Miracle Liquid! http://www.nutshellonline.com/sideshow/water-the-miracle-liquid/ A skeptic's podcast dedicated to the advancement of science through critical thinking, education, and the debunking of pseudoscientific claims. Join Dave Noel and his rag-tag band of skeptical misfits as they explore the truth behind the often misleading pop-culture phenomenon. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: shadeydave http://www.nutshellonline.com/sideshow/water-the-miracle-liquid/comment-page-1/#comment-20 shadeydave Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:55:05 +0000 http://www.nutshellonline.com/?p=27#comment-20 Paolo, To be honest. Without access to Mr. Emoto's processes, and proper peer review of his techniques and findings, nothing can be said for his research. I was merely trying to make a point, that things that seem scientific and have the ever present media shine and special effects applied to it, should still be able to stand up under the scrutiny of those viewing it. In this case Mr. Emoto's video did not. That being said, this was not intended to be a scientific article, with facts, figures and charts to wow and amaze you with my scientific prowess, it was meant as a rant. The kind of self indulgent finger-pointing fest that brings me comfort when I'm faced with something I have a hard time swallowing. If you enjoyed parts of it, great! If you disagree with most of it, that's great too! At least you took the time to read it and form an opinion. Either way, I do appreciate your candor and I am willing to concede that, at some points, the tone of the article seems to get a little arrogant. This was not intended, nor have I ever claimed to be an actual scientist. I'm a web developer with a bunch of interests including technology, science, the pursuit of facts and an evidence based understanding of reality. Paolo, To be honest. Without access to Mr. Emoto’s processes, and proper peer review of his techniques and findings, nothing can be said for his research. I was merely trying to make a point, that things that seem scientific and have the ever present media shine and special effects applied to it, should still be able to stand up under the scrutiny of those viewing it. In this case Mr. Emoto’s video did not.

That being said, this was not intended to be a scientific article, with facts, figures and charts to wow and amaze you with my scientific prowess, it was meant as a rant. The kind of self indulgent finger-pointing fest that brings me comfort when I’m faced with something I have a hard time swallowing.

If you enjoyed parts of it, great! If you disagree with most of it, that’s great too! At least you took the time to read it and form an opinion. Either way, I do appreciate your candor and I am willing to concede that, at some points, the tone of the article seems to get a little arrogant. This was not intended, nor have I ever claimed to be an actual scientist. I’m a web developer with a bunch of interests including technology, science, the pursuit of facts and an evidence based understanding of reality.

]]> By: Paolo http://www.nutshellonline.com/sideshow/water-the-miracle-liquid/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Paolo Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:39:21 +0000 http://www.nutshellonline.com/?p=27#comment-19 I was looking for controversy on Emoto's "theories", and, frankly, hoped to get a bit more than what I found here. Although several considerations of yours are useful and reasonable, there is a self-indulgence in them which perfectly mirrors the self-indulgence and the narcissism of pseudoscience. I will keep looking for scientists with an open mind who can accept the challenge and not just close in with easy sarcasm. The research, wherever it may lead, must include other fields and go ahead of the science vs pseudoscience feud. Religions and traditions do exist, systemic psychology does exist, poetry is an important activity as science is, physics have gone into new territories, over the last decades, and strangely enough science itself, in different forms, did exist before the neo-positive era. I am not an advocate of the New Age thing,otherwise I wouldn't have looked for the "controversy", I am only honestly trying to understand if epystemology and a phenomenologic approach can bridge the gap between separate research fields, overcoming slogans, petty defensive statements and a banal and mediocre "war".Please, Mr scientist. Thank you very much. I was looking for controversy on Emoto’s “theories”, and, frankly, hoped to get a bit more than what I found here. Although several considerations of yours are useful and reasonable, there is a self-indulgence in them which perfectly mirrors the self-indulgence and the narcissism of pseudoscience. I will keep looking for scientists with an open mind who can accept the challenge and not just close in with easy sarcasm. The research, wherever it may lead, must include other fields and go ahead of the science vs pseudoscience feud. Religions and traditions do exist, systemic psychology does exist, poetry is an important activity as science is, physics have gone into new territories, over the last decades, and strangely enough science itself, in different forms, did exist before the neo-positive era. I am not an advocate of the New Age thing,otherwise I wouldn’t have looked for the “controversy”, I am only honestly trying to understand if epystemology and a phenomenologic approach can bridge the gap between separate research fields, overcoming slogans, petty defensive statements and a banal and mediocre “war”.Please, Mr scientist. Thank you very much.

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