New Beischel paper and the hype..

Here is the new paper from Julie Beischel and I want to ask you people what you think of it:

http://ift.tt/1NJ8UuR

I am quite skeptical of this whole paper but some people are already jumping to conclusions like this:

http://ift.tt/1NJ8S6k or this:

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Dr. Julie Beischel’s newly published research on assisted after-death communication sets a new standard of proof, but don’t expect science to change it’s stance on psychic mediums.

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I am however quite skeptical after looking at the paper I already found some problems.

1. Problem: The way how the sittings are handled it is that they need a lot interpretation:

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Scoring. For the Experiment2 readings,sitters provided individual scores 13 for each item in each of two readings:a target and a decoy.Each item received one of the following scores: 5: Obvious fit (used if the item is a direct or concrete hit that does not require interpretation to fit) 4: Fit requiring minimal interpretation(used if the item indirectly applies and needs minimal interpretation or symbolism to fit)

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The score system continues it has 6 points. The second problem is that there are no interviews present in the paper. I found non of them, just the results. I would like to know the actual discussion or readings taking place a transcript of one of those readings would be enough to illustrate the point.

Another problem what I found is that Julie Beischel is using a medium which already failed:

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Dave Campbell Location: Arizona WCRM Level: 5 http://ift.tt/1LKnA8J

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Here is his failure from what I read: http://www.internationalskeptics.com...d.php?t=223030

So I this is what I found in a quick google search and which leaves me skeptical of this whole "study" besides the fact that it is in a journal for spirituality and alternative medicine - Explore. Those who want can read the study and tell me what they have found because I just read it in a hurry. Thanks for reading this and have a nice day.