FAQ
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 correct this a little.
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.
Q: You are being funded by Big Pharma!
A: Nope. Psiram costs 150 € per month. 30 € we earn by ads, the rest is paid by our members. Oh, ande the CIA, the NSA and B'nai B'rith dont sponsor us, either.
F: Why do you imitate Wikipedia?
A: Wir use a Wiki-Software called Mediawiki. This is free software and used by many web projects, amongst them Wikipedia. Thats why all these projects look alike.
We have our own Logo to indicate we are a project on our own. BTW, the main difference to wikipedia is that not everybody is allowed to write at Psiram. Many pros disklike wikipedia for the endless discussion they have there with, umm, less gifted people. This is different here.