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    Thread: NDE's
Post: RE: NDE's

The latest rhetoric I'm seeing from the Physicalist pseudo-skeptics is that despite cardiac arrest and cessation of breathing, brain activity still supposedly occurs for minutes afterwards, so they ca...
Posted by Valmar in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2024-01-29, 02:04 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

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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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-01-26, 06:23 PM) -- Survival doesn't offer much meaning, unless one finds the cessation of consciousness at bodily death to indicate life has no meaning. However Surviva...
Posted by nbtruthman in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-27, 03:32 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

tim Wrote: (2024-01-26, 12:01 AM) -- Air tight (or the equivalent of absolute proof) is very difficult to establish, Silence. Isn't that only available in mathematics ? I believe so, anyway. With res...
Posted by Silence in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-26, 03:38 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Next up in my clearing-out-of-tabs series is a theme related to the theme of failures and exploitabilities from the first clearing-out post: AI bias. From An early AI was modeled on a psychopath. R...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-01-26, 01:09 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
Post: RE: AI megathread

Security Researchers: ChatGPT Vulnerability Allows Training Data to be Accessed by Telling Chatbot to Endlessly Repeat a Word (https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/security-researchers-chatgpt-v...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Other Topics , 2024-01-26, 05:11 AM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

tim Wrote: (2024-01-25, 04:25 PM) -- Batthyany seemed very clear about this, sbu. They are absolutely certain as can be (they can easily scan the brain) that the brains of these patients are gone. If...
Posted by nbtruthman in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 11:43 PM
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    Thread: The science of consciousness after death
Post: RE: The science of consciousness after death

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-01-25, 10:08 PM) -- I think this would make it difficult to talk about many phenomena even unrelated to the paranormal that isn't easily replicated...or at least we canno...
Posted by nbtruthman in General Consciousness Science , 2024-01-25, 11:20 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

In sbu's "defense" (and please, I do not want ANYONE in this thread to see what follows as an attack in any form.  I truly appreciate being here, taking in what you all contribute, and considering the...
Posted by Silence in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 10:58 PM
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    Thread: The science of consciousness after death
Post: RE: The science of consciousness after death

nbtruthman Wrote: (2024-01-25, 06:07 PM) -- I generally agree with Quinn that the evidence in favor of survival is overwhelming, except for his specific claim that there is an overwhelming amount of ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2024-01-25, 10:08 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

Laird Wrote: (2024-01-25, 02:25 PM) -- Yep, he does (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ai-megathread?pid=55000#pid55000): with the caveats that they might need to have "senses, embodiment, world...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 06:28 PM
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    Thread: The science of consciousness after death
Post: RE: The science of consciousness after death

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-01-25, 06:04 AM) -- The science of consciousness after death (https://www.essentiafoundation.org/the-science-of-consciousness-after-death/reading/) Laleh K. Quinn, PhD  ....
Posted by nbtruthman in General Consciousness Science , 2024-01-25, 06:07 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

tim Wrote: (2024-01-25, 04:33 PM) -- Maybe I should have said 'intellectually dishonest' (that's a more environmentally friendly kind of dishonesty). -- :D
Posted by Laird in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 04:37 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: (2024-01-25, 03:55 PM) -- I just don't 'get it' at all. I don't see how we could ever create an identical copy of something which we do not even know the exact nature of (what it is) or wh...
Posted by Laird in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 04:26 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

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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tim Wrote: (2024-01-25, 01:02 PM) -- I didn't know that, Sci. If he definitely does believe that, I'm frankly amazed.  -- Yep, he does (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ai-megathread?pid=55000...
Posted by Laird in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-25, 02:25 PM
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    Thread: The science of consciousness after death
Post: The science of consciousness after death

The science of consciousness after death (https://www.essentiafoundation.org/the-science-of-consciousness-after-death/reading/) Laleh K. Quinn, PhD  Quote: -- When the results of observations...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2024-01-25, 06:04 AM
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    Thread: Psience Quest Interview No. 8: Michael Nahm
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Those are some great questions and answers. I especially appreciated the insight that reincarnation claimants often have bodily features related to that of the claimed previous life, even when there i...
Posted by Laird in Psience Quest Interviews , 2024-01-25, 04:36 AM
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    Thread: Psience Quest Interview No. 8: Michael Nahm
Post: Psience Quest Interview No. 8: Michael Nahm

A big thank you to Dr. Nahm for consenting to this interview. 1. Your website describes your background in zoology and paleontology, and your current work is described as biology. What led you to t...
Posted by Will in Psience Quest Interviews , 2024-01-24, 11:22 PM
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    Thread: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data
Post: RE: Dualism or idealist monism as the best model f...

tim Wrote: (2024-01-24, 11:54 AM) -- I think he is, yes. I emailed Chalmers many years ago to urge him to look at NDE's with respect to how they might inform, or assist him, if you see what I mean.  ...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2024-01-24, 10:43 PM
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