MostlyIrrelephant

Did you have a chance to see the Onion parody of Huff Post? If so, what did you think?

link: http://www.theonion.com/articles/huffington-post-employee-sucked-into-aggregation-t,27244/

Penn & Teller on hypnosis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_BM34ViAxk

Skeptic's Dictionary on hypnosis: http://www.skepdic.com/hypnosis.html

"... hypnosis is merely an agreement between the subject and the operator that they will fantasize together, nothing more. It may well have some limited value as a psychiatric tool, but it's not a "power," it's not a "force," it's a role-playing game, and only highly emotional persons will react as [a particular subject] did. She probably would have reacted to any suggestion, by anyone, that would produce imaginary events and the resultant trauma." ~James Randi

Sounds to me like you have some kind of general personal issue with skepticism (as an ism), rather than a specific problem with anything I posted (besides the Randi quote).

First, are you aware that everything I posted backs up OP's claims, and that OP agrees with the quote you've taken so much offense to?

I wouldn't disagree with that. I liken it to a child playing imaginary dinosaurs or something. You have to be able to let yourself go and not be so self conscious. Undertake hynosis in the same way you'd watch Twilight (switch your brain off!) If you can do that, it'll work. ~MonstersUGrad98

I'm willing to discuss specific points with specific citations. Are you willing to employ that kind of rigor to have a productive conversation?