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    Thread: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars
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Silence Wrote: (2023-01-23, 09:20 PM) -- malf!  You live!! Good to see you. :) -- Thanks Silence, and hi all.
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-01-24, 03:24 AM
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    Thread: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars
Post: RE: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-01-23, 05:24 AM) -- I use Wikipedia primarily for looking up information about TV shows. It's rather infamous for poor medical information and a variety of biases otherwi...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-01-23, 08:23 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

stephenw Wrote: (2021-10-26, 02:15 PM) -- Sounds like you are entangled in a superposition of states with no outcome. -- It’s why I had to take a break. It’s exhausting.
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-27, 01:30 AM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

Maybe this helps? Is not the one really being fooled the new born infant? The illusion of self awareness sneaks up on this patsy slowly in the first months of life. Its hyperplastic sensory system hyp...
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 07:44 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

tim Wrote: (2021-10-24, 07:03 PM) -- a. How does that work with the scientific study of cardiac arrest patients in multi-center studies ? Parnia has created/organised the demand but he's not getting ...
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 07:08 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

tim Wrote: (2021-10-24, 01:05 PM) -- You can't be serious, Malf ? You are actually suggesting that the phenomenon of NDE is being recreated and nurtured by book sales? That is so cynical it beggars b...
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 06:50 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-10-23, 11:55 PM) -- Sexual harassment in the workplace is closer to the varied reports of the paranormal than disputation of a single event. -- Single event? I admire y...
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 12:06 AM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
Post: RE: If qualia is real, why does it have to be para...

Typoz Wrote: (2021-10-22, 02:57 AM) -- On the topic of pointlessness, how would you have counselled Tolstoy? He had a length of rope which he had to go to the trouble of hiding from himself, lest on ...
Posted by malf in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-22, 06:19 AM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
Post: RE: Physicalism Redux

Smaw Wrote: (2020-12-30, 04:58 AM) -- My bad that shit was bloody ages ago. -- No worries ;)
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-30, 06:07 AM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
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Smaw Wrote: (2020-12-30, 03:21 AM) -- I dunno, somewhere. Hence the problem. Though I don't feel like just that lack of knowing is enough to enforce an eliminative position. If we somehow still don't...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-30, 04:16 AM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
Post: RE: Physicalism Redux

Smaw Wrote: (2020-11-11, 11:00 AM) -- What do you mean? -- I said don’t push me any further. 😡 lol. I’ve heard physicists talk about this but I don’t know of any books or papers to read. Bu...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-11, 05:27 PM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
Post: RE: Physicalism Redux

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2020-11-11, 02:04 AM) -- I'm just someone who thinks Physicalism is false. How consciousness as a fundamental in the universe becomes human minds is a different category o...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-11, 09:45 AM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
Post: RE: Physicalism Redux

Smaw Wrote: (2020-11-09, 08:21 PM) -- Man now you know how we feel in the free will redux thread x_x Also, instead of being snarky, it might be a good time to argue for your position? -- My posi...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-10, 12:38 AM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
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Wow, we’ve almost got the whole gang back together...
Posted by malf in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-09, 06:54 AM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2020-08-26, 09:06 PM) -- I don't think anyone is saying evolution is false - the question is whether evolution as a mindless process assuming no intervention by any intelligen...
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    Thread: Should mass deletion of one's own posts be permitted?
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fls Wrote: (2020-05-04, 09:52 PM) -- I'm guessing that not even a single poster has deleted posts in order to garner your respect or disposition.  ;) Linda -- I should certainly hope not. And do...
Posted by malf in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2020-05-05, 01:52 AM
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    Thread: Should mass deletion of one's own posts be permitted?
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A mass deletion of posts following a little tanty leaves the deletor looking a little fragile and precious, at best. Personally speaking, I’ve never felt better disposed, or more respect, towards a...
Posted by malf in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2020-05-04, 09:45 PM
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    Thread: Should mass deletion of one's own posts be permitted?
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As this thread descends into a Monty Python sketch, I think we have to face the fact that this place is more like a dysfunctional family than a regular forum.  Whilst the world falls apart around u...
Posted by malf in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2020-05-02, 08:41 AM
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    Thread: A Divine quote?
Post: RE: A Divine quote?

stephenw Wrote: (2020-04-23, 02:31 PM) --   Free will (at an informationally objective view) is to have two or more potential afforded choices of action and to act (or not act) in light of them.  M...
Posted by malf in Other Topics , 2020-04-24, 02:57 AM
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    Thread: Words of encouragement from scientism
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Laird Wrote: (2020-04-18, 10:46 PM) -- You dodged a direct invitation. That has implications. If you don't like my pointing out the implications, and want to avoid them, then feel free to go back and...
Posted by malf in Spirituality , 2020-04-18, 11:51 PM
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