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    Thread: The Global Consciousness Project
Post: RE: The Global Consciousness Project

Chris Wrote: (2018-10-11, 05:39 PM) -- I'm afraid this has finally convinced me that it's not appropriate to try to discuss the science of parapsychology in an online forum like this one. It's a wast...
Posted by Chris in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-10-18, 11:50 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-09-28, 01:33 PM) -- By consensus. -- Oh no it's not! :LOL:
Posted by Chris in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-28, 01:40 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

fls Wrote: (2018-09-26, 10:04 PM) -- Is that your way of saying that you aren’t going to listen to what we say we do or do not subscribe to? -- Cute, but incorrect.  No, it was my rather plain and ...
Posted by Silence in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 12:58 PM
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    Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-09-27, 12:58 AM) -- After reading all you've written to explain why not I'm no closer to understanding why not. Are you saying a soul can't fall under the category of materialis...
Posted by Chris in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-09-27, 07:06 AM
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    Thread: Christian belief and the value of the study of the shroud of Turin
Post: RE: Christian belief and the value of the study of...

Mediochre has expressed a lot of what seems to me to be animus in this thread, the origins of which maybe I have a little sense or can guess at, but I didn't want to get involved in the thread given t...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2018-08-09, 04:15 AM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Dante Wrote: (2018-08-01, 01:01 PM) -- It is easy to see the issue here -- the term creationist ordinarily carries with it the belief that the Earth is 2000 years old, and (usually) the Christian God...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-07-30, 10:02 PM) -- I wonder if you will acknowledge Ewert's intention is to discredit evolutionary theory? -- I wonder if you will acknowledge that this is no different to sc...
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-07-21, 02:20 PM) -- You don't generally associate with people whom hold radically opposing views to your own, Ewert is no exception. -- Does that mean you are secretly a psi p...
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    Thread: Christian belief and the value of the study of the shroud of Turin
Post: RE: Scientific study of the Shroud of Turin

Mediochre Wrote: (2018-07-18, 10:14 PM) -- Those who think they do are just lazy. -- Baloney.  Again, the arrogance of supposed absolute knowledge here is a fatal flaw.  Unless, of course, you are ...
Posted by Silence in Other Topics , 2018-07-19, 12:18 PM
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    Thread: Christian belief and the value of the study of the shroud of Turin
Post: RE: Scientific study of the Shroud of Turin

Mediochre Wrote: (2018-07-18, 07:42 PM) -- I don't care that they would want to tell people their "truth" I care why they would want to do so in the first place what type of person does one have to b...
Posted by Silence in Other Topics , 2018-07-18, 09:18 PM
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    Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-06-16, 02:58 PM) -- I've not denigrated his character, intelligence, knowledge.  What's there to discuss? If we questioned your conclusions, beliefs, assumptions etcetera we ...
Posted by Chris in Alternative Views on Science (Evolution, Cosmology, Etc.) , 2018-06-16, 03:31 PM
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    Thread: Why Physicalism Is Wrong
Post: RE: Why Physicalism Is Wrong

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-06-08, 03:57 PM) -- The question I'm actually posing is how do you know what he wrote is actually true? And secondarily how would one go about proving it? -- I was under the i...
Posted by Brian in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-06-08, 04:29 PM
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    Thread: Why Physicalism Is Wrong
Post: RE: Why Physicalism Is Wrong

Steve001 Wrote: (2018-06-08, 01:40 PM) -- Ok Mister Dante, since you agree with him experimentally prove his position. I'd like to see such positive evidence. -- Try proving your position experimen...
Posted by Brian in Philosophical Discussions , 2018-06-08, 01:59 PM
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    Thread: Pssst has been banned
Post: RE: Pssst has been banned

I must confess, I had no idea this Pssst guy was "MU" whatever that means, believe it or not. I've made a mistake in engaging with him even in a very limited way. I just thought he was totally cracker...
Posted by tim in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2018-05-22, 05:39 PM
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    Thread: When continental drift was considered pseudoscience
Post: When continental drift was considered pseudoscienc...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-continental-drift-was-considered-pseudoscience-90353214/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-continental-drift-was-considered-pseudos...
Posted by Brian in Other Topics , 2018-05-09, 04:06 PM
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    Thread: Laypeople trump experts
Post: RE: Laypeople trump experts

fls Wrote: (2017-10-29, 05:29 PM) -- I have seen the idea brought up numerous times, especially in relation to alt-science views, that individuals are reasonably capable of picking and choosing which...
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    Thread: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Shermer
Post: RE: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Sherm...

fls Wrote: (2018-05-06, 10:46 AM) -- Also a subject we've gone over many times before. The point of evidence is to spread an idea beyond true believers, to scientists who are skeptical of the idea. I...
Posted by Chris in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-05-06, 11:06 AM
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    Thread: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Shermer
Post: RE: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Sherm...

fls Wrote: (2018-05-06, 02:44 AM) -- I think there is general recognition that there is widespread skepticism amongst the scientific community, rather than acceptance. -- In the relevant scientific ...
Posted by Laird in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-05-06, 04:03 AM
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    Thread: Problems with the Multiverse
Post: RE: Problems with the Multiverse

Brian Wrote: (2018-05-05, 09:51 PM) -- It's good to be back and re-energized having rested and re-examined things.   -- ... and hopefully come to the inevitable conclusion that we are biological ro...
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    Thread: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Shermer
Post: RE: New book, "Heavens on Earth", by Michael Sherm...

fls Wrote: (2018-05-05, 12:19 PM) -- Strictly speaking, there is no symmetry with respect to "evidence" here - the evidence falls strongly on the skeptical side. -- I'm sure it won't surprise anyon...
Posted by Chris in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-05-05, 07:28 PM
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