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Thread: How a neuroscientist came to embrace the reality of acausal synchronicities
Post: RE: How a neuroscientist came to embrace the reali...
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Silence Wrote: (2023-07-07, 04:14 PM)
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The "its really meaningful because the anecdotal evidence occurred to or was witnessed by me" thing is a pretty big barrier; at least for me. Still, a good r...
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Thread: Is Google's LaMDA AI sentient? There seems to be strong evidence to that effect
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tim Wrote: (2022-06-13, 09:31 AM)
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Hey, Laird ! I've never seen you get so excited !
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Strange thing, tim. When I was a young kid, this was my dream: to program an AI that became sentient. So, it...
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Thread: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than the paranormal
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-10-28, 07:21 PM)
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Without structure there is an infinite see of unrealized possibility.
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Do you mean in the sense of the many worlds interpretation of QM?
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Thread: Facebook name change entertaining for Hebrew speakers
Post: Facebook name change entertaining for Hebrew speak...
| The Facebook name change is entertaining for Hebrew speakers.
Meta: Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59090067)
I don't speak Hebrew, but the tex...
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Thread: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than the paranormal
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-10-28, 07:21 PM)
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The universe as you know it now could not exist without meaning.
Meaning implies a symbol connected to achievement of a goal. Without a goal, there is n...
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Thread: The cat thinks materialism is more bizarre than the paranormal
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| I'm reminded of something I read, I think in one of the channelled accounts, on the subject of purpose. I paraphrase because my memory is not 100% but it went something like: the goal of All That Is i...
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Thread: If qualia is real, why does it have to be paranormal
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stephenw Wrote: (2021-10-26, 02:15 PM)
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Sounds like you are entangled in a superposition of states with no outcome.
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It’s why I had to take a break.
It’s exhausting.
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Thread: Physics, Time and Qualia
Post: Physics, Time and Qualia
| Physics, Time and Qualia (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/19364/1/Physics-Time%20and%20Qualia%20-%20Smolin-Verde-7-24-2021-FINAL.pdf)
Lee Smolin & Clelia Verde
Interesting paper from two physici...
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Thread: Happy fourth board anniversary
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-08-18, 10:55 PM)
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Oh I still disagree with the idea I owed him an apology. And I've little stomach for political talk or conspiracy theories.
I just feel no personal...
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Thread: Happy fourth board anniversary
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Kamarling Wrote: (2021-08-18, 10:32 PM)
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I also wish him well - no ill-feeling. I didn't appreciate the demand for an apology manly because the criticism was valid and not just coming from me. If h...
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Thread: Concerning The Logos
Post: Concerning The Logos
| Concerning The Logos (http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Personal/logos.html)
Kenneth H. Funk II
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The Greek word -- transliterated logos -- which was used by John in the prolog...
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Thread: What are some irregularities you have noticed from regular NDEs?
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| The post from @"Sciborg_S_Patel"#48 is interesting. It also reminds me of something else, to do with reincarnation. Commonly it seems people tend to reincarnate in a similar area or culture to their p...
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Thread: What are some irregularities you have noticed from regular NDEs?
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It is unsurprising to find that Egyptian Osiris does not judge the Vedic dead, or that Sumerian Inana does not descend to the Chinese Yellow Springs to play football with the decapitated h...
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Thread: What are you listening to?
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-08-05, 11:01 PM)
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So here's this for some balance.
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Such a great song!
Would your parents have approved?
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Thread: What are you listening to?
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-08-05, 07:51 PM)
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Yeah I prefer just the Tool song without the video... a little grotesque... I think I kinda get the symbolism, but not visually pleasing to look at, but th...
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Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?
| Just randomly discovered these guys in this video via YouTube's play next feature. It's a long vid, but you'll soon enough know whether you like it enough to watch it to the end - the quality doesn't ...
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Thread: What are you listening to?
Post: RE: What are you listening to?
| Hadn't seen the video to that before, Hurm. Very curious, and, for me, as with all Tool video clips, kind of disturbing.
Which leads me to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
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Thread: A Really Strange Experience
Post: RE: A Really Strange Experience
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Stan Woolley Wrote: (2021-07-08, 07:56 AM)
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I think the tune might grow on me btw. :Thumbs Up: (Edit : The just noticed the album is called The Flying Club Cup - another ‘coincidence’? -possibly. ...
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Thread: A Really Strange Experience
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-07-07, 11:28 PM)
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About a year after the stroke... I'm guessing you were well rested and had a lot of free time for meditative introspection. I think this contributes to the...
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Thread: What’s out there when our brains quit telling us stories?
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Hurmanetar Wrote: (2021-06-29, 11:49 PM)
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These types of questions seem so silly to me now.
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Heh, I'm not even sure what "type" the question is in.
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