Conversations Beyond Science and Religion The Iron Rule of the Mechanistic Regime
b'Our current mindset is in deep conflict: most people believe in the reality of the paranormal, but modern science says it\'s all make-believe, if not a fraud. Meanwhile, since the late 19th century, paranormal researchers, using the methods of science, have built an impressive case supporting the reality of psychic phenomena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapsychology). It would seem that something has to give. Why is it so hard to change the scientific mind? On this show, the former president of the Society for Psychical Research (http://www.spr.ac.uk/main/), John Poynton (http://www.amazon.com/New-Creation-John-Poynton/dp/1920535195), and Guy Lyon Playfair, a long-standing member of the Council for the society, join host Philip Mereton in discussions over the challenges facing paranormal researchers in gaining the long-sought-after acceptance by the scientific community, and the methods that might work in breaking free from the iron rule of the mechanistic regime.'