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There are no physical laws in the world


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2023-04-16, 08:50 PM



Quote:Dr. Daniele Oriti, from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, defends the view that physical laws are epistemic in nature, having no independent ontological status.



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Ufo encounters at sea


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diverdown, 2023-04-16, 08:17 AM

So I work at sea, and recently have had two sightings of strange lights in the sky.

First one was On the midnight to 0400 watch, we are coming about 20 miles off the coast of south east Cuba, heading north towards the east coast where I spotted a white light in the sky about 12 degrees vertically

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God as Eternal Becoming: McGilchrist's Hemispheric Process Panentheism


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2023-04-13, 10:27 PM



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This presentation was given at 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies (CPS) at the Claremont United Church of Christ in Claremont Ca, on Feb. 15th, 2023. The event was organized CPS and co-sponsored

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Does science need intersubjectivity?


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Sci, 2023-04-13, 08:43 PM



Quote:In this presentation, Dr. Emily Adlam discusses the problem of confirmation in orthodox interpretations of quantum mechanics.



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Interesting spirituality of some in Academic/Scientific Mainstream


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Silence, 2023-04-12, 03:17 PM

Wasn't sure what to title this thread or if it will even be of its implied 'broader' interest, but here goes...

Came across a YouTube video (linked below) which is a snippet of a longer conversation between Lex Fridman (an emerging favorite of mine; really like this guy and his approach) and Edwa

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Epic AI Fails — A List of Failed Machine Learning Projects


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Sci, 2023-04-11, 10:53 PM

Epic AI Fails — A List of Failed Machine Learning Projects

Mohit Pandey

[quote]Data shows that nearly a quarter of companies reported up to 50% of AI project failure rate. In another study

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Where there’s no will, there’s no way: Why artificial intelligence will never rule...


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Sci, 2023-04-10, 07:56 PM

Where there’s no will, there’s no way: Why artificial intelligence will never rule the world

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[i]This interview should be considered in conjunction with Rev.

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The bait and switch behind AI risk prediction tools


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Sci, 2023-04-10, 06:03 AM

The bait and switch behind AI risk prediction tools

Sayash Kapoor, Arvind Narayanan

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In 2013, the Netherlands deployed an algorithm to detect welfare fraud by people receiving childcare benefits. The algori

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Different versions of immortality or of an “afterlife”


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Bill37, 2023-04-10, 01:47 AM

Check out this article and different versions of what could be an afterlife or way to experience immortality, so to speak . If any of these ideas r even plausible , ever , at any point in human history… they all sound scary to me and if that’s the only version of an afterlife that’s possible (the ki

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Psychology studies that go viral are likelier to be bogus


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Sci, 2023-04-05, 11:03 PM

Psychology studies that go viral are likelier to be bogus

Quote:A new 20-year analysis of over 14,000 psychology studies finds that a study's media coverage is negatively linked to its replicability.

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