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    Thread: Improbability Theory
Post: RE: Improbability Theory

Chris Wrote: (2018-01-18, 04:56 PM) -- I think it's fair enough as a warning about the dangers of drawing conclusions from anecdotal evidence. But it's very weak as a criticism of parapsychology in g...
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    Thread: ET's Turning People To Stone?
Post: RE: ET's Turning People To Stone?

Pssst Wrote: (2017-11-06, 05:43 PM) -- Haven't Heard This One Before (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005517761.pdf) -- Told ya, don't piss off them aliens! :D
Posted by Bucky in UFOs (and Related) , 2017-11-06, 05:59 PM
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    Thread: Why do you seriously consider psi?
Post: RE: Why do you seriously consider psi?

fls Wrote: (2017-10-11, 06:48 PM) -- I don't think there's much difference between "believe" and "fact" anyways. For example, our brain lights up the same way whether we are asked, "do you believe in...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-10-12, 10:00 AM
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    Thread: Federico Faggin on consciousness and physics
Post: RE: Federico Faggin on consciousness and physics

Michael Larkin Wrote: (2017-10-01, 10:55 PM) -- I came across Federico's work via a mention of it on Bernardo Kastrup's forum. Subsequently I investigated his thoughts on his foundation's web site (...
Posted by Bucky in General Consciousness Science , 2017-10-05, 04:31 PM
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    Thread: Are the Fundamental Constants Changing?
Post: Are the Fundamental Constants Changing?

It looks like they may be... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJzoelANL_Y
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    Thread: Sue Blackmore vs Graham Nichols Interview.
Post: RE: Sue Blackmore vs Graham Nichols Interview.

I am pretty late to this party. I had both her talk at SAND 2016 and her interview with Nicholls in the queue and finally got the time to go through them both. She's indeed a nice lady, energetic and...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Steve001 Wrote: (2017-09-20, 11:51 AM) -- I'm not asking you to adopt my base assumptions. I'm asking why you reason the way you do? -- Oh man, this one takes the cake... :LOL:
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

jkmac Wrote: (2017-09-19, 04:05 PM) -- I don't get your comment about new age mumbo-jumbo.  I've got a news flash for you: everything we talk about here is new age mumbo-jumbo! -- Nah, that' s t...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-19, 04:38 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

E. Flowers Wrote: (2017-09-19, 12:21 PM) -- I won't debate the statistics and the effect may very well be real, meditation has shown us quite a few marvelous characteristics before... However, all of...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-19, 02:43 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

p.s. = forgot to add... if the investigations on Ted Serios are to be believed PSI effects can definitely affect large scale systems! ;)
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-18, 05:14 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Typoz Wrote: (2017-09-18, 04:03 PM) -- Expecting some undefined psi factor to change the behaviour of highly predictable large-scale physical systems such as computers is a completely different matte...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-18, 05:06 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Typoz Wrote: (2017-09-18, 10:24 AM) -- I don't follow the train of thought here. RNGs are intended to exhibit randomness. Computers are intended to exhibit predictability. Why would each be affected ...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-18, 03:43 PM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Very interesting subject. I don't have any contribution to make but I am reading avidly  :) Keep it up
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

ersby Wrote: (2017-09-12, 04:21 PM) -- The issue of Explore from May/June 2007 had several articles from the PEAR lab. Throughout these, they described the thing they were trying to measure as “reson...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-12, 06:34 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Chris Wrote: (2017-09-12, 03:12 PM) -- ... global orgasms ... -- Wait, what?! :huh:
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-12, 03:43 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Also... when it's claimed that global consciousness affects RNGs... what propery of consciousness exactly would be at work? Awareness? Emotions (and which one(s))? Will power? Attention? Intention? Al...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-12, 02:25 PM
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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

I have a very silly question. Maybe too silly... but still... If RNGs can be affected by non local consciousness (i.e regardless of distance) how the heck do we create a proper control? Wherever y...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-12, 02:23 PM
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    Thread: Physical Mediumship Experience
Post: RE: Physical Mediumship Experience

Thanks, I am curious about this point: Quote: -- Quote: -- Wouldn't it be possible to use some kind of breakable seal to acertain that the medium didn't tamper with whatever is restraining him/h...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-11, 07:02 PM
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    Thread: Physical Mediumship Experience
Post: RE: Physical Mediumship Experience

Thanks for detailed report. It's fascinating stuff. This is one of the most ambiguous and hazy phenomenon in the psi family... where you get so close to potentially definite evidence and yet there's ...
Posted by Bucky in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2017-09-11, 03:40 PM
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    Thread: The results from a slew of experiments are in: Dark matter remains elusive
Post: RE: The results from a slew of experiments are in:...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2017-09-08, 06:26 PM) -- From Smolin's The Trouble With Physics: "There is always more mass needed to explain the observed motion of the stars than is seen by directly counti...
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