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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
Post: RE: The UFO/UAP coverup continues

Quote: -- the unknown objects (https://www.twz.com/uploads/2022/06/11/image16.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1920) displayed flashing lights (https://www.twz.com/uploads/2022/06/11/im...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 7 hours ago
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (Yesterday, 05:44 PM) -- Nice! I used to have Bulat's Heart of My Own on repeat so great to revisit this track ~ -- Ah, it was probably you who got me into her in the first p...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 8 hours ago
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?

Recently, I've been rediscovering Basia Bulat. Here are my four favourite songs of hers: Heart Of My Own (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyndeb_6rb4) Snakes and Ladders (https://www.youtube.com...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-04-25, 03:37 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Meta claims its newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/meta-releases-llama-3-ai-model/103744538) By AP on ...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-04-19, 09:16 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
Post: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences

It's the Guardian, so you can guess how it goes. I won't bother to quote from it. The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ (https://www.theguardian.c...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-02, 04:31 PM
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    Thread: Forum/wiki software upgrades
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Wiki software upgraded from MediaWiki 1.41.0 to MediaWiki 1.41.1 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.41#MediaWiki_1.41.1).
Posted by Laird in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2024-03-29, 04:02 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-24, 05:08 PM) -- A lot of assumptions about AI's value and ability. -- Yep. The author did at least qualify it at the end with a section headed "Predicting the futur...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-24, 09:02 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Typoz Wrote: (2024-03-24, 06:05 PM) -- Aren't several of the items in that list describing life in 2024? -- Perhaps, although mostly to a lesser extent.
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-24, 09:01 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Life in 2064 (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/future-ai-what-will-life-be-like-in-2060s/103408964) By Catherine Taylor for the ABC on 20 March, 2024 Quote: -- How wonderful it would be...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-24, 06:43 AM
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
Post: RE: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical...

stephenw Wrote: (2024-03-19, 04:01 PM) -- The stark difference between "science's probability tools" and "spooky" is ignored and in the background of your ambivalent answer. -- That's simply becaus...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-20, 12:54 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Brian Wrote: (2024-03-19, 10:30 AM) -- Can they be merged? -- Yep. Done.
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-19, 12:11 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: $60M Reddit AI deal

Brian Wrote: (2024-03-12, 10:21 PM) -- I thought we had a general AI thread but I can't find it. -- It's in the main Other Topics (https://psiencequest.net/forums/forum-other-topics)subforum: A...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-19, 04:43 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Laird Wrote: (2024-01-23, 01:15 PM) -- Much more recently, on 9 December, 2023, the European Union reached a deal (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231206IPR15699/artificial-intell...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-19, 04:39 AM
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
Post: RE: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical...

It's sort of a bait-and-switch: "Here's this spooky example of intuition, but we reject spooky explanations, so here we provide a rational explanation based on subconsc... uh, no, wait, it's just a co...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-13, 10:56 AM
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
Post: RE: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical...

True, but the main scenario in the article - leaving a cafe before it gets shot up - seems to fit the second category. How, based solely on subconscious cues in the local environment, is one supposed ...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-13, 10:46 AM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
Post: RE: The UFO/UAP coverup continues

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-09, 05:18 PM) -- The continual updates in this sub-forum - at first I was open minded but Grusch has nothing to show save for his claims. -- Oh. My understanding is ...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-03-10, 06:41 AM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
Post: RE: The UFO/UAP coverup continues

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-08, 08:23 PM) -- I would agree that at this point Grusch at least is not credible -- On what basis? Just curious.
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-03-09, 12:21 AM
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    Thread: Psychedelic enthusiasm must be more honest about the reality of the risks.
Post: RE: Psychedelic enthusiasm must be more honest abo...

Leading psychedelic trainer Ben Sessa suspended over relationship with vulnerable former patient (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-07/ben-sessa-psychedelic-trainer-suspended-relationship-patient/10...
Posted by Laird in General Consciousness Science , 2024-03-07, 04:13 AM
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
Post: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" ch...

Does intuition really exist and if so, when should we follow it? (https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-02-25/intuition-real-gut-instinct-feeling-decision-psychology/103464724) By Anna Salleh fo...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-07, 03:57 AM
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    Thread: Gnosticism & Hermeticism Redux
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-05, 09:37 PM) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUf9_1jsCyY -- Those are some striking and disturbing visuals to accompany dark and heavy yet somehow bittersweet mu...
Posted by Laird in Spirituality , 2024-03-06, 04:36 AM
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