I am talking about a documented case of someone who changed their mind after using a Ouija board or attending a séance or something else to do with the paranormal. Does anyone know of any examples ?
shareIt's hard to see anyone who is rigorous in following the scientific method being taken in by such nonsense, but some who have been fooled by these things claim to have been skeptics before.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman
"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence" David Hume
Does anyone know of any examples ?
OP, there are many famous and not famous examples, e.g.,
Grant Lawrence, "everyman"/lay skeptic -
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2011/02/a-ghostly-encounter-gets-physical-a-skeptic-becomes-a-true-believer-447521.html
Dr. J. Allen Hynek who was the Air Force's hired UFO debunker but was persuaded by the evidence that the phenomenon was worthy of scientific attention -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Allen_Hynek
Dr. James McDonald -
http://www.cohenufo.org/mcdnld_char.html
Dr. C.G. Jung
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Occult-Vols-Collected-Extracts/dp/0691017913/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459211208&sr=1-1&keywords=carl+jung+occult+phenomena
Dr. Barrie Schwortz -
http://www.catholic.org/news/international/europe/story.php?id=62603
Dr. Raymond Tallis -
http://www.amazon.com/Aping-Mankind-Neuromania-Darwinitis-Misrepresentation/dp/1844652734/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459211493&sr=1-3&keywords=raymond+tallis
http://www.amazon.com/Michelangelos-Finger-Exploration-Everyday-Transcendence/dp/0300177739/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459211577&sr=1-12&keywords=raymond+tallis
Examples could be multiplied - the above are just some cases.
:)