Wikipedia bias (again)

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(2021-12-28, 09:45 PM)Kamarling Wrote: In 25 to 30 years I'll be 95 - 100 so, if I survive that long (which I very much doubt) I don't think I'll care. I'll be too busy wondering what kind of life I'll be born into the next time. I do hope your optimism is justified for the sake of my future incarnation.

Well your incarnation may not be in this world...which as an aside I never understood the "growing population argument" against reincarnation.

The Buddha even notes that we transmigrate from world to world, something that is mentioned in Hinduism + other religious beliefs.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


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(2021-12-28, 10:59 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Well your incarnation may not be in this world...which as an aside I never understood the "growing population argument" against reincarnation.

The Buddha even notes that we transmigrate from world to world, something that is mentioned in Hinduism + other religious beliefs.

If I think back to my go-to authority on these matters (the Seth Material), I believe that was also affirmed as a possiblility (although not an inevtability).
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
Freeman Dyson
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(2021-12-28, 07:13 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: p.s. As for general academic acceptance of Psi it seems to me my prediction of 25-30 years is still on track. :-)

Just for clarity, Sci, when did you make that prediction, i.e., so that I can calculate the predicted date of its fulfillment? (Note, I'm neither challenging nor endorsing your prediction, and am probably even agreeable to it - am just curious to date it more precisely).
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(2021-12-30, 08:18 AM)Laird Wrote: Just for clarity, Sci, when did you make that prediction, i.e., so that I can calculate the predicted date of its fulfillment? (Note, I'm neither challenging nor endorsing your prediction, and am probably even agreeable to it - am just curious to date it more precisely).

Hmmm I prolly first said it in 2019 I think? Maybe 2018.... Sad
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

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(2021-12-30, 06:07 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Hmmm I prolly first said it in 2019 I think? Maybe 2018.... Sad

Cool cool. So, we're looking at somewhere between '43 and '49, roughly, right?

Seems plausible enough to me, but I guess we'll have to wait and see...
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