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    Thread: Does an Afterlife Obviously Exist?
Post: RE: Does an Afterlife Obviously Exist?

Brian Wrote: (2022-05-17, 12:13 PM) -- Problem is, their accounts all differ considerably.  Makes hallucination a viable alternative. -- I don't think that applies in the context of the veridical a...
Posted by Typoz in Philosophical Discussions , 2022-05-17, 01:39 PM
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    Thread: Feedback wanted on the three links per week limit in the opt-in forums (and beyond)
Post: RE: Feedback wanted on the three links per week li...

To add to that: those rules replace the three-links-per-week opt-in forums limit, which has now been removed.
Posted by Laird in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2022-02-22, 10:10 PM
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    Thread: Dreamtime with Gary Lachman
Post: Dreamtime with Gary Lachman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_TjShnFaZE Quote: -- Gary Lachman is the author The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2022-02-17, 10:37 PM
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    Thread: Feedback wanted on the three links per week limit in the opt-in forums (and beyond)
Post: RE: Feedback wanted on the three links per week li...

I think we have to take into consideration the zeitgeist of which this discussion is taking place. The western world as a whole is having a massive crises about freedom of speech. Side by side and ...
Posted by diverdown in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2022-02-11, 12:08 AM
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    Thread: Feedback wanted on the three links per week limit in the opt-in forums (and beyond)
Post: RE: Feedback wanted on the three links per week li...

The only motivation behind these changes, was/is to make it harder for Stan to post his opinions within the hidden opt-in forums, the purpose being to degrade his ability to post this content - that's...
Posted by Max_B in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2022-02-10, 10:53 AM
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    Thread: Evolution, or just adaptation?
Post: RE: Evolution, or just adaptation?

Didn't want to start a new thread so looked for something relevant and found this one. Very interesting study that challenges the neo-darwinian orthodoxy.  I hope to find more on the topic to see h...
Posted by Silence in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2022-02-08, 05:09 PM
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    Thread: Feedback wanted on the three links per week limit in the opt-in forums (and beyond)
Post: RE: Feedback wanted on the three links per week li...

North Wrote: (2022-02-08, 02:21 PM) -- I like that this forum has multiple administrators challenging each other on best approach. -- This is a good segue into my perspective as a board custodian o...
Posted by Laird in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2022-02-08, 03:24 PM
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    Thread: Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies yet...
Post: Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies yet...

Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies - Yet the unfit creatures survive, challenging our long-held view of evolution (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/junk-dna-deforms-salamander-bodies/) Do...
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    Thread: Feedback wanted on the three links per week limit in the opt-in forums (and beyond)
Post: RE: Feedback wanted on the three links per week li...

Laird Wrote: (2022-01-25, 06:07 AM) -- The current four board custodians recognise that our community's health depends in part on the maintenance of healthy ratios between: Top-down decision-making ...
Posted by Max_B in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2022-01-25, 10:43 AM
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    Thread: Super-Psi & some notes from Braude's Immortal Remains
Post: RE: Super-Psi & some notes from Braude's Immortal ...

Another Bigelow Essay, this one by Michael Nahm. (https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/Winning_Essays/Michael_Nahm.pdf) Goes into some really interesting cases, with additional sections refuting both p...
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    Thread: Bigelow Institute essays on life after death in PDF
Post: Bigelow Institute essays on life after death in PD...

Something for the sceptics (weekend) Bigelow Institute (https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/contest_winners3.php) (all the essays)  Corrected link: Sam_Parnia_et_al.pdf (https://www.bigelowinstitute.o...
Posted by tim in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2021-11-25, 03:56 PM
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    Thread: Bob Bigelow on Essay Competition
Post: Bob Bigelow on Essay Competition

An essay competition was recently held where financial prizes were given to the top writers.  Jeffrey Mishlove won first prize, and $500000. https://youtu.be/9WkuXSTNG5g
Posted by Stan Woolley in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2021-11-16, 11:38 AM
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    Thread: Paracelsus' Wisdom on the Ecosystem of Spirits
Post: Paracelsus' Wisdom on the Ecosystem of Spirits

Paracelsus' Wisdom on the Ecosystem of Spirits (https://theomagica.com/blog/paracelsus-wisdom-on-the-ecosystem-of-spirits) Frater Acher Quote: -- Western Magic is often distinguished into s...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2021-11-12, 07:45 AM
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    Thread: Apports with Stanley Kripner
Post: Apports with Stanley Kripner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_AYKf1n0c Quote: -- Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studiees, is a Fellow in five APA divisions, and ...
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    Thread: African Ritual and Initiation with Malidoma Patrice Some
Post: RE: African Ritual and Initiation with Malidoma Pa...

North Wrote: (2021-08-05, 01:56 PM) -- I highly recommend Malidoma's book "Of Water and the Spirit", very different world view and experiences. -- Ordered! :Thumbs Up:  =-=-= The Spirit World...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2021-08-07, 05:03 PM
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    Thread: Dawkins & deGrasse Tyson Discussion
Post: RE: Dawkins & deGrasse Tyson Discussion

Stan Woolley Wrote: (2021-06-04, 09:47 AM) -- I was going to let some time pass before commenting on the video, but I suspect there won’t be much/any discussion about it until I do comment, even then...
Posted by letseat in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-06-07, 09:32 AM
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    Thread: Super-Psi & some notes from Braude's Immortal Remains
Post: RE: Super-Psi & some notes from Braude's Immortal ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhubDzSuuVc Quote: -- What connection do we really have with the souls of those who have lived here before? Psychologist Edith Fiore describes how, working with...
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    Thread: The U.S. military takes UFOs seriously. Why doesn't Silicon Valley or academia?
Post: RE: The U.S. military takes UFOs seriously. Why do...

Kamarling Wrote: (2021-05-06, 10:15 PM) -- If this forum were anything like the CT promotion platform that Skeptiko has become, I wouldn't be here either. A forum where people discuss matters of comm...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in UFOs (and Related) , 2021-05-06, 11:16 PM
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    Thread: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life
Post: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life

The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life (https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_levin_the_electrical_blueprints_that_orchestrate_life?language=en#t-260213) Michael Levin Quote: -- DNA is...
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    Thread: The flip, and the flipped: leaving materialism behind
Post: The flip, and the flipped: leaving materialism beh...

The flip, and the flipped: leaving materialism behind (https://www.essentiafoundation.org/reading/the-flip-and-the-flipped-leaving-materialism-behind-an-interview-with-jeffrey-j-kripal/) Quote: --...
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