Post by Man in Black on May 27, 2008 1:19:08 GMT -5
[[Charles Hoy Fort]] (August 1874 – May 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. (click his name for the wiki entry)
Charles Fort was like an X-Files pioneer. His work and research pertained to phenomena that lay outside the accepted theories and beliefs of the time. Fort is considered by many as the father of modern paranormalism and the term "Fortean phenomena" is coined from his name.
"Now there are so many scientists who believe in dowsing, that the suspicion comes to me that it may be only a myth after all."
"One measures a circle, beginning anywhere."
"My own notion is that it is very unsportsmanlike to ever mention fraud. Accept anything. Then explain it your way."
"If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights, start operations with a hymn, and ask whether there's any chemical present that has affinity with something named Hydrogen."
"But my liveliest interest is not so much in things, as in relations of things. I have spent much time thinking about the alleged pseudo-relations that are called coincidences. What if some of them should not be coincidence?"
Charles Fort was like an X-Files pioneer. His work and research pertained to phenomena that lay outside the accepted theories and beliefs of the time. Fort is considered by many as the father of modern paranormalism and the term "Fortean phenomena" is coined from his name.
Charles Fort quotes:
"Now there are so many scientists who believe in dowsing, that the suspicion comes to me that it may be only a myth after all."
"One measures a circle, beginning anywhere."
"My own notion is that it is very unsportsmanlike to ever mention fraud. Accept anything. Then explain it your way."
"If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights, start operations with a hymn, and ask whether there's any chemical present that has affinity with something named Hydrogen."
"But my liveliest interest is not so much in things, as in relations of things. I have spent much time thinking about the alleged pseudo-relations that are called coincidences. What if some of them should not be coincidence?"
