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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)

When I very first got into PSI related topics, NDEs whatever, I had horrible panic-disorders in regards to my mortality. A growing pain I guess that hits everyone differently and since I was very inte...
Posted by Smaw in Spirituality , 2024-03-20, 09:02 AM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
Post: RE: The UFO/UAP coverup continues

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-03-14, 01:40 AM) -- You complacently pronounce all the UFO cases I cited plus any and all others as mere "anecdotes" and consequently worthless, just imagination and misinterp...
Posted by Brian in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-03-14, 09:07 PM
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
Post: RE: Free will and obesity

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-08, 10:13 AM) -- Yesterday, Novo Nordisk, the company that produces Wegovy, surpassed Tesla in value, becoming a significant topic in local news. This development piqued my intere...
Posted by Smaw in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-13, 10:19 AM
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
Post: RE: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of natur...

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-11, 08:53 PM) -- I’m not sure how a (any) god is defined, but “unique transcendent incorporeal being” hits several check marks with me. So to me he talks about Classical Theism as...
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
Post: RE: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of natur...

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-11, 01:29 PM) -- Physics and in particular cosmology are not self-coherent sciences. But god of the gaps arguments are not what I'm looking for in my personal journey. -- When p...
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
Post: RE: Free will and obesity

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-08, 08:54 PM) -- I have profound sympathy for addicts whose lives are shattered by addiction and who struggle to find a way out. It's heartening to know there's a solution for the...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-08, 09:00 PM
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
Post: RE: Free will and obesity

Surely there is a vast difference between claiming that we have no free will - as in the materialist conception of reality, and claiming that everything we do is under conscious control. From the m...
Posted by David001 in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-08, 12:26 PM
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
Post: RE: Free will and obesity

sbu Wrote: (2024-03-08, 10:13 AM) -- Yesterday, Novo Nordisk, the company that produces Wegovy, surpassed Tesla in value, becoming a significant topic in local news. This development piqued my intere...
Posted by Brian in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-08, 11:37 AM
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    Thread: Fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point
Post: RE: Fake scientific papers push research credibili...

There are a lot of sides to this. At first thought it at least seems that an age of moral corruption and decadence of our society has arrived and thoroughly invaded the halls of science. I think this ...
Posted by nbtruthman in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-01, 11:35 PM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

David001 Wrote: (2024-02-29, 05:10 PM) -- The interesting thing about the concept of souls reincarnating is just how much evidence there is for this phenomenon there is for this, or which is consiste...
Posted by Brian in Spirituality , 2024-03-01, 11:32 AM
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    Thread: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way
Post: RE: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larg...

sbu Wrote: (2024-02-26, 08:50 PM) -- The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cannot directly refute the Big Bang theory; it can only gather data that may present discrepancies with current models. It i...
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    Thread: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way
Post: RE: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larg...

sbu Wrote: (2024-02-26, 02:05 PM) -- It's no secret that I'm a big fan of what evidence-based science can teach us. Standard cosmology has been showing signs of strain for various reasons, including ...
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    Thread: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way
Post: RE: James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larg...

sbu Wrote: (2024-02-26, 02:05 PM) -- It's no secret that I'm a big fan of what evidence-based science can teach us. Standard cosmology has been showing signs of strain for various reasons, including ...
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    Thread: Bono on Jesus
Post: Bono on Jesus

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/bono-on-jesus/ (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/bono-on-jesus/) Quote: -- But the way we would see it, those of us who are trying to figure ou...
Posted by Brian in Spirituality , 2024-02-26, 02:41 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

sbu Wrote: (2024-02-16, 11:49 AM) -- As an example of the YouTube content you're referring to, I believe we will soon see tons of videos claiming the Earth is flat, perhaps even suggesting it's carri...
Posted by Brian in Other Topics , 2024-02-16, 01:26 PM
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    Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

David001 Wrote: (2024-02-16, 11:09 AM) -- Well before you slide too far towards Neutral Monism, can you give a clear, unambiguous explanation of the difference between NM and Dualism? -- ... "slide ...
Posted by Valmar in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-02-16, 11:30 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

sbu Wrote: (2024-02-16, 10:59 AM) -- It's a worrying development. OpenAI is going to digitally sign the content generated by their software, but imagine the impact of the influx of Russian and Chines...
Posted by Brian in Other Topics , 2024-02-16, 11:28 AM
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    Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

David001 Wrote: (2024-02-15, 11:57 PM) -- The whole conversation here completely disregards all the explicit evidence for Dualism. For example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Souls-Studies-Between...
Posted by Valmar in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-02-16, 03:28 AM
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    Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

David001 Wrote: (2024-02-15, 11:57 PM) -- The whole conversation here completely disregards all the explicit evidence for Dualism. For example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Souls-Studies-Between...
Posted by nbtruthman in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-02-16, 12:40 AM
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    Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...

David001 Wrote: (2024-02-10, 05:35 PM) -- So for example, it isn't good enough that someone well into a cardiac arrest can recall his rescue - e.g. from drowning - and can mention who was present and...
Posted by Brian in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-02-11, 01:33 PM
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