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    Thread: Trashing natural selection as a special case.
Post: RE: Trashing natural selection as a special case.

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-04-23, 02:27 PM) -- I agree completely. Well put - you spell it out clearly just what all the evidence shows, as indigestable as it is to materialist Darwinists. I think some ...
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    Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, qu...

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...
Posted by stephenw in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-02-01, 04:53 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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Max_B Wrote: (2024-01-29, 01:38 PM) -- All of which are supportive of experience arising from what we share. All the anomalous stuff being clues that we're not isolated individuals in a separate ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-29, 09:25 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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sbu Wrote: (2024-01-24, 08:59 PM) -- Funny, I read about Alexander Batthyany on Ian Wardell's blog today. I wonder if any of you are Ian? -- This was a disappointingly avoidant response. The argume...
Posted by Laird in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 02:41 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
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Max_B Wrote: (2024-01-24, 02:26 PM) -- there are plenty of NDE OBE's recalled by patients who are in cardiac arrest, and who are resuscitated on the hospital operating table. Quite bizarrely in my vi...
Posted by tim in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-24, 02:37 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Typoz Wrote: (2024-01-19, 09:19 PM) -- DPD has disabled part of its online support chatbot after it swore at a customer. -- OMG ! It's becoming ....
Posted by tim in Other Topics , 2024-01-19, 10:01 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68025677) Quote: -- DPD has disabled part of its online support chatbot after it swore at a customer. The ...
Posted by Typoz in Other Topics , 2024-01-19, 09:19 PM
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    Thread: Unlocking the Secrets of Mesopotamian Magic with Dr. Irving Finkel
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw3fFMzFzd8 Quote: -- Irving Finkel, PhD, is Senior Assistant Keeper of ancient Mesopotamian script, languages, and cultures at the British Museum. He is the cura...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-01-04, 05:59 AM
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    Thread: A plausible reason for the dearth of non-Western NDEs?
Post: RE: A plausible reason for the dearth of non-Weste...

Kamarling Wrote: (2023-12-30, 08:57 PM) -- Now, within more restrictive belief systems such as Islam or Evangelical Christianity or Orthodox Judaism, the coming change will be resisted for sure. Perh...
Posted by tim in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-12-31, 11:23 AM
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    Thread: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves again
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tim Wrote: (2023-12-18, 06:18 PM) -- Ties in nicely with Arthur Jensen's NDE (think that's the right spelling but not sure). -- You mean this one? Near-Death Experience - Arthur Yensen - I Saw H...
Posted by Typoz in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-18, 07:31 PM
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    Thread: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves again
Post: RE: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves aga...

Max_B Wrote: (2023-12-18, 04:59 PM) -- Sounds like a load of old rubbish to me... :-) -- Agreed it's rubbish even if our reasons for saying that might differ. :D
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-18, 05:06 PM
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    Thread: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves again
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2023-12-16, 04:42 PM) -- There is still the mystery (from the materialistic standpoint) of the inexplicably transcendent and spiritual nature of many of the experiences given in th...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-16, 05:49 PM
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    Thread: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves again
Post: RE: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves aga...

LotusFlower Wrote: (2023-12-16, 06:18 AM) -- https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/theres-wave-death-every-human-185000453.html -- The relevant bit: Quote: -- These waves are usually associated with...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-16, 03:35 PM
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    Thread: Strange dream experience from this morning
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Dreams or also hypnagogic and hypnopompic experiences are always interesting, thanks for sharing. As someone who used to work for years with screens of green code on a black screen I have to say it...
Posted by Typoz in Dreams , 2023-12-16, 01:48 PM
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    Thread: The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill
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David001 Wrote: (2023-12-10, 11:13 AM) -- Thanks - it would seem we live so far in the back of beyond it hasn't arrived yet! I just curious to understand how it would be delivered to a PC - I mean...
Posted by Typoz in Other Topics , 2023-12-10, 11:31 AM
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    Thread: The race to 5G is over — now it’s time to pay the bill
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-12-09, 06:33 PM) -- Just to compare against the hype of machine "learning"... -- Here in the Copenhagen area 5G makes a massive difference. I have measured up to 200mbs ...
Posted by sbu in Other Topics , 2023-12-09, 07:26 PM
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    Thread: Excellent Primer on unexplained aspects of vision - Gomez-Marin, Sheldrake
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sbu Wrote: (2023-12-07, 06:38 PM) -- Good post. I was too hasty with my initial reaction to this article (I'm an expert in being too hasty). I did follow Max's suggestion and read it fully. There's d...
Posted by stephenw in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-07, 09:35 PM
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    Thread: There are no aliens
Post: RE: There are no aliens

Kamarling Wrote: (2023-12-01, 11:01 PM) -- I do find it difficult to explain physical "nuts and bolts" ufology though but then I'm not a keen follower of UFO phenomena. -- Yeah I'm skeptical about ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-12-03, 08:36 PM
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    Thread: Excellent Primer on unexplained aspects of vision - Gomez-Marin, Sheldrake
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Max_B Wrote: (2023-11-23, 03:41 AM) -- Excellent Primer on unexplained aspects of vision authored by Alex Gomez-Marin & Rupert Sheldrake https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/The-Nature-of-V...
Posted by stephenw in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-11-30, 03:24 PM
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    Thread: AI for/against discussions - can we contain these somehow?
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Yeah folks, let's try and rein in the spill over a bit.
Posted by Ninshub in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2023-11-30, 01:43 PM
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