From what I've seen, there are problems with many of these stories. Most, were stories that were consolidated long before the researcher got there. That makes them inherently suspect - like you said in the other post, memories are feeeble things. I am constantly amazed by what my children pick up, there are little sponges of information and learn words and concepts that I didn't teach them and have no idea where they got them. That's not to say that I think they are all wrong, or fraudulent, just that I think old stories like that are unreliable. And kids are very susceptible to suggestion.
I think it is a very difficult topic to examine. But that's the catch-22. Absent reliable evidence as a skeptic I must withhold belief.Statistics: Posted by Arouet — 01 Mar 2011, 07:20
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