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An Update on Prolonged NDEs: "Being Alive When You are Cold and Dead" Annekatrin Puhle and Adrian Parker A major impasse in current research on Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), which are currently b...
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    Thread: I'm at the 46th conference for the Society of Psychical Research
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I'll try and post the abstract later, if I can find it.
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tim Wrote: (2023-11-13, 04:10 PM) -- Hi, ersby, do you have any more specifics on this potential new study? Is it not synonymous with Sam Parnia's cool study, where they intend (I believe) to put tar...
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    Thread: I'm at the 46th conference for the Society of Psychical Research
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Kamarling Wrote: (2023-11-12, 08:55 PM) -- I looked at the SPR website and have not been able to find out if the proceedings are being recorded and made available online.  -- Everything was broadca...
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    Thread: I'm at the 46th conference for the Society of Psychical Research
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Oh, and I've met a few people who've read my book, which is very good for the ego.
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Max_B Wrote: (2023-11-11, 07:20 PM) -- I went to the 2013 SPR annual conference (at Swansea or Cardiff - I don't remember which), and also enjoyed it. I found many of the regulars tended to sit toget...
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    Thread: I'm at the 46th conference for the Society of Psychical Research
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He didn't talk about that. This is all brand new, and it's only just got ethical clearance to proceed. In fact, a couple of questions after his presentation seemed to give him ideas about what he shou...
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    Thread: I'm at the 46th conference for the Society of Psychical Research
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My first experience of an SPR conference and it's nice. Very chill. People are friendly. So far I've got lucky and had meals sitting next to Adrian Parker and Ed May. And I've already met several othe...
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    Thread: My new book about psi ganzfeld research
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okay, I had to reupload the kindle version with a contents page. Not sure what happened there. The new version will be online in a day or two. I can see options to rate and review (even though I'm ...
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    Thread: My new book about psi ganzfeld research
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Michel H Wrote: (2023-06-26, 04:15 AM) -- I bought a copy of your book, ersby, and I read it a little bit. Some observations: - It's nice that you talked with and interviewed so many people activ...
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Oh yeah, there's a lot of stuff online. My book is fully referenced if you want to get into it more  :)
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It's 50 years since the first paper using the ganzfeld technique to research psi and so I've written a book on the topic. I mentioned it in September last year and now it's finally done, I thought I s...
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    Thread: A scary chat with ChatGPT about latest NDE account in NDE thread
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Ninshub Wrote: (2023-04-06, 05:37 PM) -- OT: did you by any chance hear about this newly emerged recording of the Beatles by a school pupil in April 1963? Great discovery! https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Posted by ersby in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-04-07, 11:05 AM
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    Thread: A scary chat with ChatGPT about latest NDE account in NDE thread
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I've been tinkering with GPT too, asking it questions about something I knew a lot about (Beatles bootlegs) and it did well. Encouraged, I asked it about a topic I've only recently become curious abou...
Posted by ersby in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-04-06, 05:05 PM
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    Thread: When deceased relatives or pets show up in your dreams
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Max_B Wrote: (2023-02-13, 01:08 PM) -- Can I ask whether your mother was in any hotel, hospital or residential care, etc., in the period directly prior to, or at the time of her death? -- yes, she was
Posted by ersby in Personal Experiences , 2023-02-14, 10:46 AM
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    Thread: When deceased relatives or pets show up in your dreams
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Kamarling Wrote: (2023-02-12, 10:05 PM) -- I think we may be too quick to assign the kind of objective judgement on these things that we would for the more mundane events in our lives. -- Well, like ...
Posted by ersby in Personal Experiences , 2023-02-13, 08:16 AM
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    Thread: When deceased relatives or pets show up in your dreams
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Ninshub Wrote: (2023-02-11, 09:35 PM) -- Is there a particular reason that makes you conclude that it certainly wasn't a spirit communication? -- It just seemed a bit bland - as if the catering was...
Posted by ersby in Personal Experiences , 2023-02-12, 08:03 AM
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    Thread: When deceased relatives or pets show up in your dreams
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A few days after my mother died I dreamt I met her again. I asked her what heaven was like and she said "oh, it's lovely. There's a bowl of fruit in every room." Almost certainly not a spirit commu...
Posted by ersby in Personal Experiences , 2023-02-11, 07:41 PM
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    Thread: Psi Multimedia Resources Thread
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Typoz Wrote: (2022-09-08, 08:25 AM) -- I've mentioned in another thread the valuable contribution of the University of Northampton (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-universities-conducting-psi-...
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    Thread: I'm writing a book about ganzfeld psi work
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Will Wrote: (2023-01-08, 05:31 PM) -- I'd imagine you'd want to share details for the book, but did you end up participating in the experiments? -- I did. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a hit and I can'...
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