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"I can testify to Bhadra's claim, however that probably matters little to you, Blair. Only by getting out of denial and by being open to experience the subtle nature of psychic phenomenon can one ever convincingly know it. Try that, and you…"

"Some things can only be proven to a person through their own personal experience, not through logic or reasoning. Tarot is one of those things as is most psychic phenomenon. If you have not experienced it, it is very difficult to believe it can be…"

"If you have formal proof, you are either right or your premises are wrong... so you are either right or wrong. If you have no proof, you are either right or wrong."

"That form says nothing about whether it's circular reasoning or not. The defining criterion of circular reasoning is that the premises entail the conclusion. In fact all formally valid reasoning is circular, but it's only a fallacy if one…"

"Perhaps we can agree on the meaning of validity first. Validity in the formal sense is that an argument is entailed by its premises. This is irrelevant in our case because there is no argument, only a statement, so it would only leave us with a…"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I see I shall have to be more verbose. "it's only valid with proof because otherwise it's not proved and thus invalid" ... or, in case that still isn't enough: "it's valid if and only if…"

"I don't need to because I can't. "Valid" is meaningless here, unless you use circular logic ("it's only valid with proof because otherwise it's not proved") or other subjective arguments (e.g. "all claims…"

"Correct, I can't prove that you didn't. I also don't see a need to prove that. Why should I care?"

"Correct. I'd just say: If you're a billionaire, go and do some good in the world. That surely matters more than arguing-but-not-really in some random internet forum."

"I would explain to you why I think this way, but since you don't seem genuinely interested, I think I'll pass."

""The negative argument never needs proof" is a purely subjective position. I would go as far and say that it's an appeal to ignorance, namely ignorance of the fact that absence of evidence is not evidence of…"

"All of that is true, Blair, but it does not preclude the possibility that Tarot can work beyond that anyway. I don't have any experience of it working, but I feel it would be somewhat presumptuous to say that someone's experience must be…"

"When I'm in really good rapport with someone, I can read their thoughts without trying. This really helps my marriage. I can get into synchronicity with people. My best friend (who lives 2 hours away) and I both got pregnant…"

"Silly Rabbit, Women love doing that to men, especially Pisces men. You just thought you heard her speak, and all the while, you were the one making the noises! "

"Many years ago I read Tarot for fun and no profit.  I happened to read for a young colleague. The cards showed a change in her life.  I suggested that she might want to take advantage of an opportunity to go to nursing school. Likely she…"

"That was very interesting, at the end it sounds like something Milton Ericson was doing.  Perhaps its something worth practicing so that the computer or subconsious mind can get good at picking up subtle cues.   macka "