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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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David001 Wrote: (2024-03-20, 04:39 PM) -- Well they certainly aren't rationalisations, more like attempts to understand the message that we seem to be receiving. Items 1 and 2 are an attempt to co...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-03-20, 04:50 PM
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    Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
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Smaw Wrote: (2024-03-20, 09:02 AM) -- 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 everyon...
Posted by sbu in Spirituality , 2024-03-20, 01:39 PM
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-03-19, 04:01 PM) -- The stark difference between "science's probability tools" and "spooky" is ignored and in the background of your ambivalent answer. -- That's simply becaus...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-20, 12:54 AM
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
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nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-03-16, 10:34 PM) -- I don't think so, at least as applied to the macro physical world of human experience. The basic laws of logic are endlessly, repeatedly found to be truths...
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
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Laird Wrote: (2024-03-13, 10:56 AM) -- It's sort of a bait-and-switch: "Here's this spooky example of intuition, but we reject spooky explanations, so here we provide a rational explanation based on ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-14, 05:37 AM
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
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Smaw Wrote: (2024-03-13, 10:03 AM) -- This is what made me suspicious of it. Now I'm very much of the idea that quantum mechanics can undermine a lot of different ways that we percieve the world, but...
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    Thread: ABC News article rejects "spiritual or magical" characterisation of intuition
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It's sort of a bait-and-switch: "Here's this spooky example of intuition, but we reject spooky explanations, so here we provide a rational explanation based on subconsc... uh, no, wait, it's just a co...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-03-13, 10:56 AM
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
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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?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-11, 04:32 PM) -- But what is wrong with the classic god argument in your eyes? And by "classic god" do you mean the arguments of Classical Theism? -- I’m not sure...
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
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Brian Wrote: (2024-03-11, 02:15 PM) -- When physics comes to a full stop, maybe we should start thinking from non-physical angles.  I know they don't prove anything but they might come up with intere...
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    Thread: Does quantum mechanics beckon the end of naturalism?
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Even classical physics is stuck as evidence shows the universe must have started in a low entropy state and physicists don't understand how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Mq6gmPo0s
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    Thread: Free will and obesity
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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: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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stephenw Wrote: (2024-03-06, 04:10 PM) -- The problem of evil has been around a long time.  During most of history the outcome of parsing the issue gives feedback that "god", as understood in our amb...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-03-06, 04:53 PM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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Larry Wrote: (2024-03-06, 02:38 AM) -- Couldn't it be like a paradox? I know, it sounds like a cop out from one perspective. What about the views from and nde or the spiritual masters who see the per...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Spirituality , 2024-03-06, 05:07 AM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-03-04, 05:30 PM) -- Yes, I recall an US Air Force veteran once saying that the idea people have soulmates is ridiculous because it implies some poor child ending up disab...
Posted by Larry in Spirituality , 2024-03-06, 02:38 AM
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    Thread: Can Informational Realism Help Sort Out the Mind–Body Problem?
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Can Informational Realism Help Sort Out the Mind–Body Problem? (https://mindmatters.ai/2024/03/can-informational-realism-help-sort-out-the-mind-body-problem/) Quote: -- Here’s an excerpt from Ch...
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    Thread: AI megathread
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Brian Wrote: (2024-03-03, 11:57 AM) -- I remember using an AI image generator and discovering that paedophiles were using it to create child abuse images.  I tried reporting those that I found but no...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Other Topics , 2024-03-03, 07:48 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
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I remember using an AI image generator and discovering that paedophiles were using it to create child abuse images.  I tried reporting those that I found but nothing ever got done about it. https:/...
Posted by Brian in Other Topics , 2024-03-03, 11:57 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
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US and China agree to map out framework for developing AI responsibly. Here's what you need to know (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-25/china-united-states-artificial-intelligence-ai-regulations/1...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-03-03, 10:08 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
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Silence Wrote: (2024-02-17, 06:23 PM) -- While I share concerns with the ongoing evolution of AI tech, I find myself wary of being alarmist.  I'm not sure this is fundamentally any different that man...
Posted by sbu in Other Topics , 2024-02-18, 03:26 PM
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