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    Thread: Wikipedia bias (again)
Post: RE: Wikipedia bias (again)

Steve001 Wrote: (2021-12-26, 05:59 PM) -- Hope springs eternal in this one -- Can't say I like what you wrote but sadly I have to agree.  EDIT:  I wrote this under the impression that Steve was re...
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    Thread: Crashed disc on Mars appears on MRO image
Post: RE: Crashed disc on Mars appears on MRO image

Steve001 Wrote: (2021-12-17, 11:39 AM) -- Too much thinking and not enough knowledge. A Earthly sand dune. Notice the similarity? https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/sand...
Posted by Typoz in UFOs (and Related) , 2021-12-17, 12:05 PM
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    Thread: Evolution, or just adaptation?
Post: RE: Evolution, or just adaptation?

What Steve asked. ~~ Paul
Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-11-26, 09:44 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...

Brian Wrote: (2021-11-10, 11:39 AM) -- This is a good question.  Can we be certain it's bias free.  Most publications that use the word Psi or talk about such are unquestioningly believing and don't ...
Posted by Typoz in General Consciousness Science , 2021-11-10, 12:24 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...

Steve001 Wrote: (2021-11-08, 08:37 PM) -- And this is without flaws? -- This is a good question.  Can we be certain it's bias free.  Most publications that use the word Psi or talk about such are u...
Posted by Brian in General Consciousness Science , 2021-11-10, 11:39 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...

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: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particles?
Post: RE: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particl...

Sparky Wrote: (2021-09-05, 11:09 AM) -- That is an old and stale excuse. Psi research seems to be eternally stuck in trying to prove psi exists, not by the actions of skeptical scientists, but by th...
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    Thread: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particles?
Post: RE: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particl...

Typoz Wrote: (2021-09-04, 11:07 AM) -- This isn't very clear. If a "scientific assumption is wrong", then obviously one cannot use that same assumption in any further work. -- No, again you confuse ...
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    Thread: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particles?
Post: RE: Double slit experiment - just bouncing particl...

David001 Wrote: (2021-08-31, 04:09 PM) -- It means to show that some significant area of science is plain wrong. David -- That is not "debunking science", science is a method. If you want to show ...
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux

Smaw Wrote: (2020-12-25, 07:46 AM) -- Yknow I'm starting to believe that determinism is true because it really seems like this is a repeat of the last free will thread. We're at 40 pages now. I feel ...
Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-26, 01:11 AM
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    Thread: Death is not final?
Post: RE: Death is not final?

I'm assuming this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0YtL5eiBYw&list=PLf0rUf4fp_RYxENbBRdlZSmj29xixmNZm&index=10) is right video.
Posted by Will in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-26, 02:26 PM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
Post: RE: Free will re-redux

Steve001 Wrote: (2020-11-11, 10:32 PM) -- An interesting vid from the YT Channel PBS Spacetime. Does Physics Negate Free Will? (https://youtu.be/RY7hjt5Gi-E) -- That was pretty interesting. The bit...
Posted by Smaw in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-12, 12:09 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: The Inevitable Implications of Materialism
Post: RE: The Inevitable Implications of Materialism

I don't think it is clear how having God ensures morality? There are also Idealists and arguably even some Dualists who likely suffer from the critiques or at least portions of them. I think some o...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2020-06-18, 08:36 PM
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    Thread: New video - Neuroscientific Evidence: Irreducible Mind (Part 1)
Post: RE: New video - Neuroscientific Evidence: Irreduci...

OmniVersalNexus Wrote: (2020-06-17, 06:42 PM) -- It's more than just NDEs for me but yes, I am convinced by the well-documented and heavily investigated anomalous cases, or most of them at least. I a...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2020-06-17, 08:47 PM
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    Thread: New video - Neuroscientific Evidence: Irreducible Mind (Part 1)
Post: RE: New video - Neuroscientific Evidence: Irreduci...

Yes, I know that being gay isn't a choice. I just noticed that this data may be interpreted to further the opposite view by some.
Posted by OmniVersalNexus in General Consciousness Science , 2020-06-16, 07:23 PM
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    Thread: Psychology Today bloggers debate Psi and the nature of consciousness
Post: RE: Psychology Today bloggers debate Psi and the n...

It does highlight that much further that the only thing worth spending time on in parapsychology is research intended to develop practical, real world applications of psi that can compete and win agai...
Posted by Mediochre in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-05-26, 04:33 PM
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    Thread: Psychics vs. scientists re: making predictions
Post: RE: Psychics vs. scientists re: making predictions

Steve001 Wrote: (2020-04-22, 02:28 PM) -- Comparing the the always imprecise predictions with the precise predictions such as those in the link. For example those predictions contain quantities that ...
Posted by Ninshub in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-04-22, 02:56 PM
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    Thread: Sylvia Browne's alleged coronavirus prediction
Post: Sylvia Browne's alleged coronavirus prediction

The SPR Facebook page links to a sceptical commentary by Benjamin Radford at the Center for Inquiry about a claim that Sylvia Browne predicted the current coronavirus pandemic in this passage in a boo...
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    Thread: Consciousness during CPR
Post: RE: Consciousness during CPR

Excuse me, but are we taking Bellig's case as 100% confirmed? I haven't heard third party accounts of the event, or an interview with the patient. I don't have anything to really validate that NDE ot...
Posted by Raf999 in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-12-22, 04:47 PM
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