Multiple Personality: “Scientific Skeptics” Correctly Conclude That It Exists and is Genuine, But Without Objective Observation, They Are Not Scientific

In yesterday’s post, I discussed the state of skepticism regarding multiple personality disorder: Emotional Skeptics dismiss it for no good reason, while Scientific Skeptics now admit that it is genuine, but they are unhappy with that fact and are sore losers.

What the self-styled Scientific Skeptics don’t understand is that they are not scientific. Science requires that when something is observable, it must be observed (and that variables be varied and controlled). They can perform armchair “science” forever, but until they, themselves, have objectively screened and evaluated people for multiple personality—until they actually observe and study it—they are not scientists, even though they like to think they are.

Of course, these skeptics haven’t even begun to address what this blog is about: normal multiple personality. They never heard of it. I estimate that 90% of novelists have it, and guess that 30% of the general public does, too. But I think that this would make the “scientific” skeptics emotional.