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    Thread: Philosophy of Ibn Arabi
Post: RE: Philosophy of Ibn Arabi

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-12-01, 06:54 PM) -- Ibn Arabi: Between Existence and Non-Existence (https://www.thecollector.com/ibn-arabi-existence-vs-non-existence/) Maysara Kamal -- That's an in...
Posted by Michael Larkin in Philosophical Discussions , 2023-12-02, 10:28 PM
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    Thread: Banned from skeptiko.
Post: RE: Banned from skeptiko.

Typoz Wrote: (2023-12-02, 04:15 PM) -- I can't tell whether or not it is acceptable. If it was permissible, then it could belong in the Alternative Views on Science (Evolution, Cosmology, Etc.) (http...
Posted by Michael Larkin in Other Topics , 2023-12-02, 05:02 PM
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    Thread: Banned from skeptiko.
Post: RE: Banned from skeptiko.

Okay Tim. If I offended you in any way back then, I'm sorry. Let's let bygones be bygones now, forget it and move on. Which leaves me wondering whether to post my screed on the probable non-existen...
Posted by Michael Larkin in Other Topics , 2023-12-02, 03:56 PM
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    Thread: Banned from skeptiko.
Post: RE: Banned from skeptiko.

Ninshub Wrote: (2023-07-20, 02:31 PM) -- I've been having a look and I think it's the former, given my reading of what I surmise is his last post there and Alex's response to him: https://www.skeptik...
Posted by Michael Larkin in Other Topics , 2023-12-01, 07:34 PM
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    Thread: Why it’s time to take alternatives to dark matter seriously
Post: RE: Why it’s time to take alternatives to dark mat...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2020-07-22, 03:39 AM) -- Why it’s time to take alternatives to dark matter seriously (https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-time-to-take-alternatives-to-dark-matter-seriously) Dark ...
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    Thread: Our beloved friend Doug has passed on
Post: RE: Our beloved friend Doug has passed on

I just heard about Doug's passing from K9 over at Skeptiko. I'm genuinely sad to hear about it -- I haven't visited PQ for some time, but I'll be looking at What Doug had to say about his experiences....
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    Thread: Worth Checking Out
Post: RE: Worth Checking Out

Kamarling Wrote: (2018-08-18, 11:45 AM) -- It seems I was late to the party with my post as I subsequently came across a much earlier thread on Federico Faggin started by Michael Larkin. My apologies...
Posted by Michael Larkin in General Consciousness Science , 2018-08-19, 03:14 AM
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    Thread: ‘Raising Consciousness’ Question.
Post: RE: ‘Raising Consciousness’ Question.

Stan Woolley Wrote: (2018-08-06, 12:52 PM) -- I wonder what triggers the magic switch? -- No idea. The longest experience I had lasted two weeks -- back in '94 as I recall, and there was no great f...
Posted by Michael Larkin in General Consciousness Science , 2018-08-06, 10:21 PM
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    Thread: ‘Raising Consciousness’ Question.
Post: RE: ‘Raising Consciousness’ Question.

Stan Woolley Wrote: (2018-08-05, 10:44 AM) -- I’ve been aware of this ‘raising of consciousness’ thing for some years, as I would guess are most of us. But what does it really mean? According to t...
Posted by Michael Larkin in General Consciousness Science , 2018-08-06, 12:11 PM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Brian Wrote: (2018-07-25, 09:44 AM) -- My apologies.  I had made the assumption that you were agnostic.  Looks like an interesting site you have but I haven't had time to have a proper look yet. -- ...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

nbtruthman Wrote: (2018-07-24, 09:07 PM) -- From https://evolutionnews.org/2017/12/intelligent-design-and-the-advancement-of-science/: Purpose, and abstractions held in thought are inherently as...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Brian Wrote: (2018-07-24, 10:47 AM) -- With you.  As a Christian, I believe in ID but I doubt any science can ever prove or disprove it.  Belief will always be a matter of reasoned (or unreasoned?) f...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

malf Wrote: (2018-07-23, 06:18 PM) -- I’m not sure he’s saying anything we didn’t already know, but with spin for the faithful. https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/phys.org/news/2015-08-tree-life-bush....
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Brian Wrote: (2018-07-22, 07:51 PM) -- Thanks for the links :) -- And thanks for the thanks. There's another explanation of the paper today here (https://evolutionnews.org/2018/07/the-dependency-gr...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Read a summary of Ewert's paper here (https://evolutionnews.org/2018/07/new-paper-by-winston-ewert-demonstrates-superiority-of-design-model/) and download the full PDF if you like from here (http://bi...
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    Thread: Both forums need an introduction
Post: RE: Both forums need an introduction

DaveB Wrote: (2018-06-01, 09:29 PM) -- OK - here is the first portion of what I have in mind (minus references and suitable markup). Maybe Chris and Max_B will explode, so it is probably worth tryin...
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    Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?

Kamarling Wrote: (2017-12-31, 02:28 AM) -- As an Englishman, "bollocks" has always been part of my vocabulary, both in the literal sense (meaning balls/testicles) and in common usage, meaning nonsens...
Posted by Michael Larkin in Other Topics , 2017-12-31, 06:56 PM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

The history of human design fits the Darwinian model fairly well; It's gradual, building on cultural memories (latterly, documented in writing) of what went before; involves a degree of serendipity; a...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-02, 03:08 PM) -- But we represent lots of things with tables. The periodic table comes to mind. My objection is to use the fact that we can represent things as...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Wrote: (2017-12-01, 03:32 PM) -- Sure, given a broad definition of "equivalent." Yes, you've defined "equivalent" broadly enough to include patterns for building components t...
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