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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


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    1 Replies

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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Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem


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Sci, 2023-04-05, 11:00 PM

Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem

Elisabeth Bik 

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There it was. A section of the same photo being used in two different papers to represent results from three entir

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Human memory may be unreliable after just a few seconds, scientists find


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sbu, 2023-04-05, 07:18 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023...ions-study

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“Even at the shortest term, our memory might not be fully reliable,” said Dr Marte Otten, the first author of the

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Lemuria and Atlantis


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    32 Replies

Ninshub, 2023-04-02, 11:44 PM

I don't know if anybody has any opinion about this.

These past "continents"/eras/"races" of humankind are often brought up by channelers, and they seem to have their sources in theosophy and Mme Blavatsky from what I can understand.

To those who have an actual serious interest in channeling an

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Another demonstration of chatGPT 4.0 capabilities


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sbu, 2023-03-30, 11:22 AM

Yesterday I had the following conversation with chatGPT 4.0 about an advanced concept in probability theory, Martingale processes (Martingale (probability theory) - Wikipedia). I'm the one asking the one-liner questions in betw

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Kashmir Shaivism


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Ninshub, 2023-03-28, 02:35 AM

I brought up this religious tradition a few times last summer during our various protracted (!) non-duality vs. duality discussions and threads. This is a non-dual tradition that's often in the shadow of Advaita Vedanta.

Anyway the Let's Talk Religion channel just put out this video about it:



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This is not reality


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    24 Replies

Ninshub, 2023-03-27, 01:23 AM

I always get a little jolt of surprise and joy when NDErs express this sort of statement.




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The Source of Ought


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    3 Replies

Sci, 2023-03-26, 11:37 PM

The source of ought

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Good people are not those who make decisions the world universally agrees are moral, but those for whom there are no decisions. There may be, in the most intense moments of our life (dramatised

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April 6: free bilocation event with Scott Taylor


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    5 Replies

Ninshub, 2023-03-25, 07:57 PM

I might sign up for this.

This was sent to me by IANDS, a free event at 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Thursday April 6.

https://theshiftnetwork.com/Wonder-BiLocation

[i]Discover the Wonders of the Bi-Location Phenomenon free online event with President of the Expanded Awareness Institute -

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