Q: Why Psiram?
A: Das Internet has room for may ideas. That is a good thing. But on the other hand, you can find a lot of outright bullshit there. We try to set the record straight.
Q: Who is behind Psiram?
A: Psiram is run by a group of people from various countries. Some met on the internet, some knew each other before. Most of us went to an university. This is not a requirement to join, however.
Q: Are you sceptics?
A: Nope, we are not associated with any sceptic organization. We like many sceptic resources, but usually they are a bit tame for our taste. We have a more direct´approach.
Q: Are you aggressive atheists?
A: Psiram is not about belief. We are not for or against any religion, but restrain ourselves to questions where there is evidence. Sometimes this brings us in conflict with certain aspects of religion, like creationism. But we know very well that not all religous folk are creationists. However, most active Psiramers are atheists, indeed. On the other hand, many religous people read our blog or consult our wiki, and we like it that way.
Q: Isn't Psiram convicted for libel already?
A: Nope. You cannot sentence a web page. No Psiramer has ever been sentenced for his work at our wiki or blog. If somebody claims otherwise, ask for a refence. Some conmen we exposed tried to sue us. All these proceedings have been suspended. Its not illegal to expose fraud and quackery.
Q: Isn't Psiram run by a pediatrician from Frankfurt?
A: Nope. He wrote in our forum for some time, and we blogged him on his 60th birthday. he wrote neither in the wiki nor in the blog. He got suspected because one of us left an IP pointing to Frankfurt. There are 664.000 people in Frankfurt. For this vague clue he got massivly stalked on the phone and on the internet. We know why we are anonymous...
Q: Why do you slander innocent people?
A: We do not do that, despite such claims. All our "victims" went public with their ideas. They can do so, and we can respond to that. If we respond, we give citations to back our claims. Everybody can check that and make up his own mind. Of course, we are only human, and we do make mistakes. Our german wiki has 3800 pages. So far, we had to correct ourselves once.
F: Werdet Ihr von der Pharmaindustrie gesponsert?
A: Nein. Psiram kostet 150 € pro Monat. 30 € verdienen wir durch Werbung, den Rest tragen die Mitglieder. Auch der BND, der Verfassungsschutz und B'nai B'rith sponsern uns nicht.
F: Warum imitiert ihr Wikipedia?
A: Wir verwenden eine Wiki-Software namens Mediawiki. Diese steht frei zur Verfügung und wird von vielen Webprojekten benutzt, unter anderem Wikipedia. Alle diese Webprojekte sehen sich daher ein bisschen ähnlich.
Wir haben aber ein eigenes Logo, an dem man sofort sehen kann, dass wir ein eigenständiges Projekt sind. Der Hauptunterschied zu Wikipedia ist, dass wir nicht jedem erlauben, bei uns mitzuschreiben. Viele Profis verlieren schnell die Lust auf Wikipedia, weil sie dort manchmal mit wirklichen Dummköpfen diskutieren müssen. Das ist bei uns anders.