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    Thread: After-Death Communications: New Cases That Bear on the Question of Survival
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An interesting if somewhat dry presentation. I did halt a couple of times at some broad statements or assertions such as "ADCs are by nature intrinsically subjective, and therefore susceptible to expl...
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-05, 03:20 PM) -- Again, you rely on 'divine insight' to make claims for which there is no evidence. The notion that the world can only be understood from a bottom-up perspective i...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-05, 06:29 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 06:46 PM) -- I've noticed that you hold a very binary view on philosophical matters. It seems to be either NDEs are exactly as you and others here wish them to be, or material...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-05, 06:59 AM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 06:46 PM) -- I've noticed that you hold a very binary view on philosophical matters. It seems to be either NDEs are exactly as you and others here wish them to be, or material...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 11:02 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-02, 10:35 PM) -- I guess I'll still bother to furnish one quote, only because it shows the poor and biased quality of the thinking. Any physical brain function-based theory...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:56 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 03:30 PM) -- And by this reasoning both the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot I invite you to “individually and credi...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:51 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 03:30 PM) -- And by this reasoning both the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot are real too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot I invite you to “individually and credibly d...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 05:47 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-04, 09:52 AM) -- I agree subjective reports also can be empirical evidence if they are commonly reproducible. Otherwise they are “anecdotal” evidence like the evidence for bigfoot...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-04, 02:31 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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Brian Wrote: (2024-04-03, 07:26 PM) -- I'm having problems with the reply/quote function so I'm working around it. @"nbtruthman"#90  wrote : I hear the word "empirical" so many times that I had to...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-03, 08:21 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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Laird Wrote: (2024-04-02, 04:31 PM) -- It's the Guardian, so you can guess how it goes. I won't bother to quote from it. The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that make...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-02, 10:35 PM
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    Thread: Happy Easter!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW06pWHTeNk Short answer: Not really.
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-03-31, 03:39 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-22, 05:06 PM) -- But I don't think anyone can guarantee what their response would be when the time comes, and at least accepting this fear as a part of one's self seem...
Posted by David001 in Spirituality , 2024-03-24, 10:17 AM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
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I recall something a friend once said that how no one can really predict how they will react in a life or death situation such as being drafted into war as a young man for the sake of old men's politi...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-03-22, 05:06 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
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David001 Wrote: (2024-03-21, 09:49 PM) -- I think you should not accept it if you are plagued with this dread, I am sure there must be psychiatric or hypnotic help available. I wonder just how old a...
Posted by nbtruthman in Spirituality , 2024-03-21, 10:28 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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Laird Wrote: (2024-03-10, 06:41 AM) -- Oh. My understanding is that Grusch has been unable to show direct evidence for his claims because that requires a level of security clearance which those in co...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-03-10, 04:33 PM
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
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sbu Wrote: (2024-03-08, 01:05 PM) -- This might not truly be a discussion about 'free will' in the classical sense. Rather, it's a reflection on how our minds are influenced by our bodies, not the ot...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-09, 02:00 AM
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    Thread: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work While Asleep
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-01-30, 12:35 AM) -- How would a spirit remember anything if the memories are in the brain? Are there two sets of memory in two different places? A computer "memory" is r...
Posted by nbtruthman in General Consciousness Science , 2024-01-30, 02:28 AM
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    Thread: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia
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I'm not sure if this video is new to this thread, but it does seem to contain some extra information relating to various ways of reviving the brain after being dead for some time. I thought at first t...
Posted by David001 in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2024-01-29, 11:16 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-01-29, 02:26 AM) -- Some of it, though I could admittedly do with a refresher... -- I read it years ago, Sci. Gave it away like I do (have done) with most of my books. ...
Posted by tim in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-29, 01:35 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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tim Wrote: (2024-01-28, 03:25 PM) -- You say... us lot (me included) insist NDE's are a real experience of an afterlife. Well of course, they could hardly be anything else. -- I am actually more su...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-29, 02:23 AM
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