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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

Thanks for sharing the study! Curious though that the authors did not cite nor discuss the findings of this article (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc937961/m2/1/high_res_d/31-1_4_P...
Posted by Hjortron in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2018-08-23, 02:19 AM
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    Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: RE: Keith Augustine interview

Titus Rivas Wrote: (2018-07-17, 05:57 AM) -- Just two points:  - How can a brain that is only a simulation have a real effect on our consciousness? It obviously cannot, because it does not really ...
Posted by Hjortron in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-08-14, 02:15 AM
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    Thread: Instances of true, unconditional love and acceptance
Post: Instances of true, unconditional love and acceptan...

On the 14th of February this year, Nicolas Cruz entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and shot 17 people dead and wounded many others. He was later arrested and interrogated later that night. A...
Posted by Hjortron in Spirituality , 2018-08-13, 02:10 AM
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    Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: RE: Keith Augustine interview

Titus Rivas Wrote: (2018-07-16, 07:49 AM) -- There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that suggests that consciousness is produced by the brain. There is a lot of evidence that consciousness may be...
Posted by Hjortron in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-07-16, 10:38 PM
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMaLi0xsEWY
Posted by Hjortron in Other Topics , 2018-05-14, 06:36 PM
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    Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: Keith Augustine interview

Here it is: http://godlesshaven.com/ep-9-is-there-an-afterlife-with-keith-augustine/ Three things stand out to me. First of all, he says that the Pam Reynolds case is touted the most as the best in...
Posted by Hjortron in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-03-30, 04:56 PM
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    Thread: A materialist and an NDE proponent go to a stage magic show together
Post: RE: A materialist and an NDE proponent go to a sta...

fls Wrote: (2017-11-11, 12:00 PM) -- What about finding a way to accurately represent the materialist position? -- The whole point of this analogy is that I think that person B's assumption about h...
Posted by Hjortron in Philosophical Discussions , 2017-11-16, 11:59 AM
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    Thread: A materialist and an NDE proponent go to a stage magic show together
Post: A materialist and an NDE proponent go to a stage m...

Let us imagine that two friends go to a stage magic show together. It is a spontaneous thing they do, they have not planned it far in advance and they have never discussed the phenomenon of stage magi...
Posted by Hjortron in Philosophical Discussions , 2017-11-11, 11:02 AM
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    Thread: Would you Like to have an NDE?
Post: RE: Would you Like to have an NDE?

Well, let's break down the logic here. When you have an NDE, two unpleasant things are happening: 1. You are in mortal danger, so there are health issues to take into consideration. Upon returning, t...
Posted by Hjortron in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2017-09-16, 07:59 PM
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    Thread: Relationship between meaning and the differences in size of physical structures
Post: Relationship between meaning and the differences i...

We've all heard it said from time to time something along the following lines: "The universe is so overwhelmingly huge, we are a speck of dust, a pale blue dot in the vast ocean of space", etc, and...
Posted by Hjortron in Philosophical Discussions , 2017-08-20, 11:33 AM
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