I am deeply offended that some of you would not consider me to be entitled to my own world of thoughts, perception, and information processing, which is most essential to what a conscious human being is and has the right to be.
You have nothing to be offended about. Nobody is denying your right to your own world of thoughts. But you've decided to share that world with us, on our turf as it were. We have rights too, you know, and commenting on what you share with us is one of them.
I might also point out that your being deeply offended by imaginary assaults on your personal freedom is irrelevant. Surprising as it might seem, the world is under no obligation to avoid offending Anita Ikonen, and to carry on as though that were the case is causing offense itself. You may have noticed that some people are offended enough that they've taken up the cause against your ridiculous fantasy world on another website. Would you like a link?
To consider that what I experience that is personal and subjective to me should be considered mental illness when it does not interfere with my way of life and when in fact my unusual processing skills are what make me an exceptional student in conventional science. What I experience seems to be very similar to synesthesia, which, by definition is not a mental illness and typically not even a handicap.
Most of this is gibberish, but I'll respond to the bit about "interfering with your way of life".
Look at the amount of material you've published. Hundreds of hours work have gone into your web site, your contributions here and with other groups, and into all the ancillary stuff that goes with it, such as writing letters etc.
Now let's look at some results. It won't take long.
- You have failed to convince a single person of your ability. Not one.
- You're further away from testing than ever. You may think you've made personal progress, but all you've done is reinforce your own delusion.
- Out here in the real world, you've alienated most of the people who were at one time in a position to help you. You've made that point yourself.
- Despite the millions of words that have been written so far about VfF, not a single one has ever appeared under the heading "Test Results". Not a single validated result.
- A recent online poll reveals that 38% of respondents feel that "She needs the help of a mental health professional" and 22% voted that "She's setting up for a future scam" These are your only measurable result to date.
If these things were on my list of recent achievements, I'd be thinking "Hmm, this is interfering with my way of life." Your mileage appears to vary.
I experience a richer world of perception than do most. When I look at a page of physics equations, it comes to life in my mind, not as rows of variables but as shapes, colors, patterns and vibrational aspects, that interact on their own in my mind to show the results of their interaction, that I then translate back into physical significance. When I look at the abbreviated letters of chemical elements, they are not just letters, they are color, shape, and vibration. And when I look at human bodies, I perceive vibrational information, that translates on its own in my mind into images of human tissue, felt perception of pain or discomfort, heartbeat, swallowing or breathing. I can look at a flower from inside a car and perceive its scent to a most wonderful extent, even flowers that we don't smell with our noses. I walk by the aisles at a store and can look at the foods and perceive what they taste like. It is a wonderful and rich experience and perception of the world.
It is a delusion. You cannot do any of these things.
You do not have any data with which to refute these statements.
Do not refer me to your web site. It's a fairytale.
It does nothing to harm me, or others. I have the ordinary perception as well, and can distinguish between the two. It does not interfere with my understanding of the world otherwise, as a very dull and boring place as seen by others. And I conclude my perceptions to be subjective to me, knowing that others don't see or feel what I do, as opposed to immediately assuming them to be reality-based or "extrasensory" - with the possible exception of the medical perceptions which have shown some compelling correlation.
I am only able to gauge your understanding of the world by reading what you have written, both here and elsewhere on the WWW.
It's dodgy.
I am offended that some of you would consider this to be wrong, just because it is unusual, or is not experienced by the collective of you. Skepticism is not about fighting what is unusual, but to trying to explain and to understand that which you yourself do not perceive or experience. I don't understand why I am under constant attack.
You are unqualified to redefine skepticism. The poor attempt you have made here is demonstrative of this fact.
I came to the JREF Forums expecting to meet Skeptics who would engage in my investigation, which aims to look into my experiences of correlation between what I experience and with the way the world is mutually experienced. I am being entirely honest about my descriptions of my experience, I am not a liar and I am not stalling progress on purpose. I wish all of you could see, that I am really working toward progressing with the study and reaching toward a final test of my claim. My claim of perceiving correlating medical information in people. And I am open to the other possibility, that they would not correlate.
They don't. Now go and do something useful.
I wish some of you would let go of the bickering over small details and of magnifying your misconceptions and false conclusions about me as a person and as a paranormal claimant and investigator into my claim, based on what your pre-conceived ideas seem to be about a paranormal claimant or the agendas that I *should* be having with my investigation and my being here.
Well, you can do it your way, or you can do as the Forum suggests. That choice will always be yours.
How would you say the "go it alone" approach has worked so far?
I really think I have a very fascinating research topic going on, and I was hoping that some of you would be happy to be included in that, as, I am unable to conclude on my investigation without the participation of good Skeptics. And I thought that's why you are here.
I have a fascinating research topic going on as well. Others here are happy to be involved in it. We will be able to conclude the investigation with or without the participation of the subject. That's why we are here.
I will stay here, as, there is nowhere else to go . . .
Yes there is. Would you like me to send you a link?
. . . But I will keep hoping on things to become more civil.
I will also hope on things that you become more civil, although I thought you were doing fine in that regard myself. What are the best types of things on which to do my hoping? I have a comfy chair, will that do? Or should I use a participle?
There are ways to express concerns or allegations without becoming rude or hostile. Please adopt that principle, as have I.
I'm not going to quote you on anything here, but you aren't an angel in that regard either, Sweetie.
This Claimant-Skeptics relationship is a rather difficult one. But I am making it work, it has to, for the sake of my investigation.
That's going straight to the quotes thread on that Meanie™ site. Pure gold.
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I will post some cartoons here for you. 
