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Félix Ravaisson, Of Habit


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

Sci, 2022-12-11, 08:42 PM

Félix Ravaisson, Of Habit

Marie-Eve Morin 

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Ravaisson’s first section is a metaphysical meditation on living and non-living beings, time, change, unity, and the emergence of habit.  In it Ravaisson ventures his first

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Mystai: Dancing Out the Mysteries of Dionysos


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2022-12-11, 07:04 PM



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The physics of first-person perspective: An introduction


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    11 Replies

Sci, 2022-12-11, 06:58 PM

The physics of first-person perspective: An introduction




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Here is an informal chat betwee

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New Scientst: Why the laws of physics don't actually exist


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Sci, 2022-12-11, 06:50 PM

Why the laws of physics don't actually exist

Sankar Das Sarma

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What we call laws of physics are often just mathematical descriptions of some part of nature. Ultimate physical laws proba

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Enzymes could be key to understanding how DNA mutates, quantum biologists find


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Sci, 2022-12-11, 06:41 PM

Enzymes could be key to understanding how DNA mutates, quantum biologists find

by "from research organizations"

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When a cell begins to copy itself, it must undergo DNA replication, in which the first step is the

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Why was the hit from the first AWARE given more importance?


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    18 Replies

xxii, 2022-12-11, 12:32 AM

I know that it doesn’t bear the same weight as if the patient had seen the target image, but they have verified perception of events, including visual perception, up to three minutes into cardiac arrest. Am I missing something? Years after it was reported I don’t see it brought up by proponents of v

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All the Thinking Aloud videos


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David001, 2022-12-10, 08:35 PM

I'm not sure if others here are aware of the fact that all Jeffrey Mislove's thinking aloud videos are collected here:

https://www.youtube.com/c/NewThinkingAllowed/videos

Scanning through this huge list, there are some that stand out, for example:

https://youtu.be/mMDIhhOcZyU

BTW, if you want to

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A “Quantum Brain” Could Solve The Hard Problem of Consciousness, New Research Suggest


Consciousness science forum    10 Replies

Sci, 2022-12-07, 08:17 PM

A “Quantum Brain” Could Solve The Hard Problem of Consciousness, New Research Suggests

Tim McMillan

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In an [url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2399-6528/ac

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Does religious faith lead to a happier, healthier life?


Consciousness science forum    5 Replies

Sci, 2022-12-07, 05:34 PM

Does religious faith lead to a happier, healthier life?

David Robson / The Guardian 

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Unlike some other areas of scientific research suffering from the infamous “replication crisis,” these studies have exam

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Robert Monroe: The End Game


Out-of-body experience (OBE), astral travel, and lucid dream forum    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-12-04, 09:10 PM

Just finished a re-reading of Monroe's 2nd book, Far Journeys, published in 1985.

It's a very validating read for what I feel I've gathered about the afterlife and explanations behind the human experience, etc.

Really interesting book that covers the years after 1971 and the publication

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