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    Thread: New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
Post: RE: New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove

Thankfully, I haven't needed to try them.
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    Thread: Susan Blackmore's Psychology Today blog posts
Post: RE: Susan Blackmore's Psychology Today blog posts

My takeaway, from Susan Blackmore 's shtick,  is that . I should have gone to college, gotten a graduate  degree, and made a comfortable living as an academic, Empty suit.  She truly makes it appear ...
Posted by Oleo in Out-of-Body Experiences, Astral Travel, Lucid Dreaming , 2019-07-26, 11:45 PM
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    Thread: Is there an after life.
Post: RE: Is there an after life.

Agnosticism is the most rational view,  in my opinion. But not very emotionally fulfilling.
Posted by Oleo in Other Topics , 2019-07-03, 01:53 AM
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    Thread: People that sit on the both side what do you think about the propnet and skeptic?
Post: RE: People that sit on the both side what do you t...

I've attempted to coach every statement I have made on this forum, as my opinion, or within the parameters  of my experience. I'm some what confused about how either one of those quantifications can ...
Posted by Oleo in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-06-26, 12:36 AM
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    Thread: People that sit on the both side what do you think about the propnet and skeptic?
Post: RE: People that sit on the both side what do you t...

To say nothing of the fact that a world bereft of substantial mystery, would be a spiritual and intellectual ghetto, in my opinion.
Posted by Oleo in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-06-25, 01:01 AM
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    Thread: How technology might be aggravating your brain pain
Post: RE: How technology might be aggravating your brain...

Thanks for everything, but I'm really liking  the A. W. quote.
Posted by Oleo in General Consciousness Science , 2019-06-22, 12:55 AM
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    Thread: Bob Lazar on JRE
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2019-06-21, 09:35 PM) -- I saw the Rogan Bob Lazar interview pop up on my YouTube and thought: WOW no way! Is this for real??? I'm currently about halfway through the interview... ...
Posted by Oleo in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-06-22, 12:46 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

Mediochre Wrote: (2019-06-15, 03:02 AM) -- I'm not sure if this was in response to what I wrote but just in case it was I'll make it clear that I'm also advocating a bottom up reality. Any top down-n...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-15, 10:04 PM
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    Thread: Bharatwaj Iyer examines substance with the help of Hume & Vedantic philosophy
Post: RE: Bharatwaj Iyer examines substance with the hel...

Perhaps I'm being overly generous, but it strikes me that Aristotle's statement that unformed matter is mere potentialities. Could be taken as an insight into modern physics.
Posted by Oleo in Philosophical Discussions , 2019-06-15, 12:53 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

An estimated ten quintillion insects populate north America alone.  Based on that information I'm advacating a more bottom up approach.
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-15, 12:38 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

And now seems like a very good time ,to thank you for shining a light on many of them.
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-14, 01:09 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

Lucky for us, there is no shortage of mysteries, surrounding consciousness.
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-14, 01:00 AM
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    Thread: Psi phenomena as tricks
Post: RE: Psi phenomena as tricks

"Bad religion is arrogant, self righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are bas...
Posted by Oleo in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-06-06, 12:46 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

I wonder how much of this is cultural? So called primitive societies seem much more adept at dealing with or realizing these potentials. I can't help but think that if we were all brought up as idea...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-05, 01:23 AM
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    Thread: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of reality are we living in?
Post: RE: If it's all, or mostly real...what kind of rea...

Max_B Wrote: (2019-06-04, 05:05 PM) -- Another possibility I like is that it may not be possible to manipulate the informational systems that underlie our reality from outside of them. One might have...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-05, 12:24 AM
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    Thread: The Worth of an Angry God?
Post: RE: The Worth of an Angry God?

Kamarling Wrote: (2019-06-03, 02:51 PM) -- I have always found the preoccupation with punishment and vindictiveness somewhat at odds with what I learned in scripture classes in my youth. I was taught...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-06-04, 02:10 AM
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    Thread: Uri Geller - What do you think?
Post: RE: Uri Geller - What do you think?

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-06-03, 11:41 PM) -- What kind of reading? All studies I find are conducted by people thinking that Uri could have been a real psychic, that testing Kulagina in hotel rooms was goo...
Posted by Oleo in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-06-04, 02:03 AM
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    Thread: Kent university atheism study
Post: RE: Kent university atheism study

fls Wrote: (2019-05-30, 05:06 PM) -- It depends. It is certainly possible to find evidence for God if God makes a difference - that is, a universe which includes God is different from one without God...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-05-31, 01:34 AM
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    Thread: Kent university atheism study
Post: RE: Kent university atheism study

fls Wrote: (2019-05-30, 05:06 PM) -- It depends. It is certainly possible to find evidence for God if God makes a difference - that is, a universe which includes God is different from one without God...
Posted by Oleo in Spirituality , 2019-05-31, 01:25 AM
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    Thread: ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Object
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2019-05-29, 02:12 PM) -- ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Object (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html) B...
Posted by Oleo in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-05-31, 01:08 AM
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