David Hufford

It's that we tend to ask different questions of believers versus skeptics And that's what creates that asymmetry.

So there's a folklorist named David Hufford who actually espouses a method that he calls methodological symmetry.

If you're going to ask scientists and doctors questions about a phenomenon, it better be the exact same questions that you ask the everyday people who are experiencing that phenomenon.

Otherwise, you're setting yourself up.

Oh, I'm so glad.

And no, I agree completely.

And I think when I talk about, so it sounds like, have you read David Hufford's work on sleep paralysis?

I've read and referenced a little bit of it.

It's a pretty scary experience.

The folklorist David Hufford says this.

Many people describe this as the most scary experience they've ever had.

Mm-hmm.

So but yeah, I just I hope that these kind of stories in a practical way lead to maybe some kindness, maybe some generosity, maybe some help rather than just casting the person itself out.

You know,

so when the folklorist David Hufford picked up the topic of sleep paralysis like this.

His goal was to show that this was a legitimate experience, which is a really bizarre approach for a folklorist.