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Dualism or idealist monism as the best model for survival after death data


Philosophy of mind forum    424 Replies

nbtruthman, 2022-07-16, 04:25 PM

Nobody has addressed my point about the relative simplicity of explaining via dualism much of the paranormal empirical data, including veridical NDE out of body experiences, and past life memories of inhabiting different bodies, coming in to different bodies, etc., all as an immaterial mobile center

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How Bernardo Kastrup's idealism created a fear of death


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Ninshub, 2022-07-16, 03:39 PM

Starts at 1h 52 min.

Ponder, discuss if you wish.




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The many fallacies of "The Soul Fallacy".


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EyesShiningAngrily, 2022-07-11, 11:51 AM

I wrote and published a few days ago a ~5,000 word review of the book [url=https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Fallacy-Science-Letting-Beliefs-ebook/dp/B00LRHUHIA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2H2E7YX4U0SWC&keywords=the+soul+falla

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Aliens Could Be Using Quantum Communications to Talk Across Interstellar Space


UFO/UAP forum    No Replies

Sci, 2022-07-10, 06:53 PM

Aliens Could Be Using Quantum Communications to Talk Across Interstellar Space

David Nield


[quote]
"Quantum states you generally think of as very delicate, and if there's a

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Lee Smolin: the laws of the universe are changing


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    3 Replies

Sci, 2022-07-08, 05:08 PM

Lee Smolin: the laws of the universe are changing


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[i]We tend to think of the laws of nature as fixed. They came into existence along with the universe, and have been the same ever since. But once yo

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Panpsychism and AI Consciousness


Philosophy of mind forum    3 Replies

Sci, 2022-07-06, 10:21 PM

Panpsychism and AI Consciousness

Marcus Arvan & Corey J. Maley

[quote]This article argues that if panpsychism is true, then there are grounds for thinking
that digitally-based artificial intelligence

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Human Hibernation


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2022-07-06, 10:07 PM

Chasing Ghosts: Unlocking the Mysteries of Human Hibernation

Jackson Ryan


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After 24 days, he was found by a passing climber and transferred t

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Interesting Prophetic Visions from some of Kenneth Ring's NDE accounts


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    1 Replies

Bill37, 2022-07-06, 09:51 PM

After listening to a podcast, I became aware that Kenneth Ring had numerous accounts reported to him about PV's or prophetic visions, and some specified dates, such as the world ending in 1988. I never heard of these accounts, so i did a search and found the following article :

https://digital.li

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The materialist unscientifically presumes a substance outside of consciousness


Philosophy of mind forum    2 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-07-05, 03:25 AM

Nonduality teacher Rupert Spira (who here also mentions his colleague Bernardo Kastrup) succinctly and eloquently articulates key arguments for idealism:




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Non-duality vs. meditation


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-07-04, 02:56 AM

I don't know if this interests anyone here but I'm just posting it because it's helpful to me in my current "seeking".

I'm attracted to both meditation/mindfulness (Buddhism, Zen) (the observer watching the thoughts) and "nondual teaching" à la Vedanta (leave behind the fiction that there is an o

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