Is there any place for "Alternative" in S&M?

Question

This is not Science!

This puerile nonsense is best placed in R&S or mythology!

Any fellow proper scientists out there agree that this sub-category trivializes true science and should be removed from S&M?

Answer 1

Try this:and see what category it sticks you into.

From the "HOME" category, Type in the following question

"What is a stanza?"

Now click on preview and then click on submit.

Get it?

Answer 2

have you looked into it at all ?

my guess is no,

its easy to prove that there is something going on.

its not mythology when you can measure it with a meeter.

try learning about something before you go bashing it.

Answer 3

Stop saying S&M unless you're familiar with all of its meanings.

In any case though, I do agree.  There is science, and there is NOT SCIENCE.  there is no alternative science.

Answer 4

There's a category for sado/masochism here. Yeeha!

Answer 5

It would seem the American Association for the Advancement of Science( link below) disagrees with you. The Parapsychological Association (link below) has been an elected affiliate of the AAAS since 1969.

Of course the philospohy of science which suggest that scientific principles like Occam's Razor and the scientific method can be applied to any area of research (including religion and mythology) also disagrees with your opinion.

There are of course certain topics that the scientific method and repeatable experiments are not easily applied to like human experience which is why psychology and not physics has been more active lately in parapsychology research.

I am guessing that anyone that disagrees with you would not be considered a proper scientist by you. However, most members of the Parapsychological Association hold Ph.Ds and other advanced degrees at the doctoral level. Others who engage in parapsychological research (Like Russell Targ) have won awards for their scientific contributions to main stream science.

I do believe that science could contribute to this field by offering constructive criticisms of parapsychology research and offering suggestions to amateurs about how to improve their investigations by applying scientific methods like control sites and blinded experiments.

Ray Hyman a staunch skeptic did this by helping to write the protocols for the AutoGanzfeld experiments with a staunch believer Charles Honorton. Exploration and Investigation is the spirit of science.

Unfortunately debunkers on this site (in my opinion) lack this quality. Instead they openly discourage others from investigating, asking questions, and looking for answers to their experiences. Where I come from that is not science but more properly called religion.

So, yes if you wish to discourage scientific inquiry you (not this section) belong in the religion and mythology section.

Answer 6

But S&M is by definition alternative, as is bondage and D/s.

Answer 7

What are we...stepchildren or orphans?????

EDIT Does it help your vanity a little that we are "beneath" you? We're "under" Science & Math".