15th November 2006, 8:47 PM
Now that's a non-sequiter. The important thing is that so far no evidence has shown it to exist, ever. But, if such evidence did show up (and it would have quite a job of having to explain why not a single test had worked before, and it would need to be replicated and peer reviewed, but that's all standard stuff and would be pretty easy to get out of the way in the scheme of things), scientists would believe in it. That's the thing. Will such evidence show up? I doubt it (a lot), but being rational means being open to evidence if nothing else. By the way, I say the same thing about the tooth fairy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)