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    Thread: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars
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Malf! I can hardly believe my... eyes. :Thumbs Up:
Posted by Ninshub in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-01-25, 01:52 AM
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    Thread: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars
Post: RE: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars

malf Wrote: (2023-01-23, 08:23 PM) -- Other than visiting a physician, where would you go to look up medical information? For example if I, or someone close to me, had a detached retina I might look...
Posted by tim in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-01-24, 03:26 PM
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    Thread: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars
Post: RE: Craig Weiler with Rupert Sheldrake - Psi Wars

malf!  You live!! Good to see you. :)
Posted by Silence in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-01-23, 09:20 PM
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    Thread: Skeptical Attempts to Dismiss Psychic Phenomena
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Nice to see you post, Paul. Hope you are well.
Posted by chuck in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-10-29, 07:51 AM
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    Thread: Skeptical Attempts to Dismiss Psychic Phenomena
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"I have seen these people go to the ends of the earth and beyond, conjuring fictional narratives so that they never, ever have to concede. I’ve seen this from garden variety skeptics on the Internet a...
Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-10-29, 12:40 AM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-25, 02:25 AM) -- Check my record. I recommend leaving all positions on the table. -- Sounds like you are entangled in a superposition of states with no outcome.
Posted by stephenw in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-26, 02:15 PM
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    Thread: Skeptical Attempts to Dismiss Psychic Phenomena
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Smaw Wrote: (2021-10-25, 12:07 PM) -- it is weird there was a spider study in there for....some reason. -- Just a quick note: the impression I got was that it was not a study on spiders, but a huma...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2021-10-25, 11:10 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...

Just real mudslinging fun isn't it.  Saying consciousness is an illusion because it's a construction after the fact doesn't seem to explain anything at all, and even seems like a poor use of the wo...
Posted by Smaw in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 11:36 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...

malf Wrote: (2021-10-24, 07:44 PM) -- Maybe this helps? Is not the one really being fooled the new born infant? The illusion of self awareness sneaks up on this patsy slowly in the first months of li...
Posted by Sparky in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 08:24 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-24, 06:43 PM) -- That said, I’m generous enough to think you understand Sparky’s point perfectly well enough, but have retreated into linguistic pedantry as a form of rhetoric de...
Posted by Steve001 in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 07:36 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-24, 07:08 PM) -- a. There still seems to be a small and faithful group of followers of his work. That’s the market.  b. Love you too x -- There'll be a lot more followers (f...
Posted by tim in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 07:28 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-24, 06:43 PM) -- Perversely, these types of incredulous comments may simply just demonstrated how irresistibly good the illusion is. That said, I’m generous enough to think yo...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 06:51 PM
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    Thread: What are you watching?
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Watching Finding Altamira (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3014910/) A somewhat fictionalised account of true events in the late 1870s. Cave art has always been a great interest of mine, right from...
Posted by Typoz in Other Topics , 2021-10-24, 06:34 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-24, 03:42 AM) -- I don’t know about dismissing them, but the stories are all over the place so it’s not easy to read too much into them, let alone form a model of the afterlife. ...
Posted by Kamarling in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-24, 04:18 AM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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tim Wrote: (2021-10-22, 08:19 PM) -- The case of Mr A in Parnia's Aware study is a good example, for instance. A case recorded during a clinical trial (not an anecdote) looking for that effect. He he...
Posted by entangled_cat in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-23, 12:19 PM
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    Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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malf Wrote: (2021-10-22, 06:19 AM) -- Who decided the inertness of matter? -- Hello, Malf. Glad to see you're still bounding around !
Posted by tim in General Consciousness Science , 2021-10-22, 06:31 AM
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    Thread: Physicalism Redux
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Smaw Wrote: (2020-12-31, 06:39 AM) -- To put in put in my hypothetical no evidence just wild speculation take, I don't have any major belief on why there is something rather than nothing. I have kind...
Posted by Brian in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-31, 01:20 PM
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    Thread: Mega-thread for help with rebuttals against skeptical talking points
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APlw4xCl0xI This video makes some pretty accurate as well as pretty funny criticisms of the 'mind uploading' idea as well, though it's from early 2018. Just thought I'...
Posted by OmniVersalNexus in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-12-30, 12:14 PM
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    Thread: Dec 12th: Kastrup vs Woerlee
Post: RE: Dec 12th: Kastrup vs Woerlee

OmniVersalNexus Wrote: (2020-12-15, 04:44 PM) -- The moderator Darren Mac has interviewed Woerlee on two other occasions. From what I've watched/listened of him, I think he's pretty good, especially ...
Posted by Typoz in General Consciousness Science , 2020-12-15, 04:50 PM
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    Thread: Free will re-redux
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2020-11-11, 08:08 AM) -- I hate to chime in but quick reminder this can't be the case because we were told the randomness/deterministic dichotomy was set aside. -- No I know...
Posted by Smaw in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2020-11-11, 08:38 AM
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