Quote Originally Posted by robrave View Post
Oh I see..

I think you focused mostly on the way he delivered his idea. I think I can't even remember he actually said he was an expert, though I might be wrong here.

If you can watch and read all his movies and pdfs, it mostly centered on OBEs. Which I believe is actually our spirit leaving our bodies in might be contradicting to what others believe that it is just a dream scene of your bedroom. I have already read a lot of books on OBEs and they somehow matches his method. That's why I can grasp what he is really talking about.



Of course, real information. Are you justifying that he is giving out false information? I guess you even haven't watched half of his videos. Am I right?




You are saying that his idea is nonsense. Maybe because it is different from what you believe?


A lot of people judge a novel after just skimming Chapter 1.
I've watched all of his available videos, i'm unwilling to pay for his other material.

This isn't about what I believe, What I believe is really not relevant, It's about established scientific facts about sleep which have been proven regardless of what any of us believe. Newport seems happy to throw out them of the window.

In response to the question from SomethingElse,

I think the first thing anyone should do to establish the credentials of someone claiming to be an expert, is to educate themselves. Get a basic understanding about the science of sleep, I'd recommend a book like "Counting Sheep". Then when reviewing the material of people who claim to be experts, establish if they appear educated on the basics... do they make claims that contradict already known facts? (if they do, do they KNOW they are doing this, if they don't, that's a bad sign, if they do do they offer a credible reason for doing so?)

It's very difficult to judge the credentials of an expert on face value, but there are some details that may help... such as what is their educational background? What if any "in the field" experience have they had, How do other experts respond to them?.

But really, it's not that tricky, how would you establish an exepert in another field? say biology?
Would you trust the guy with 2 years of reading books at home and a youtube account, over say a lecturer at Oxford University?