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Dream of Gemstone


Members' dreams    5 Replies

Typoz, 2022-03-28, 09:21 PM

I don't often write down my dreams, this one I wrote down in the evening, many hours after the dream itself.

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20:20 03/03/2022
Dream Last Night

I'm not sure how it began. I had in my possession an old metal padlock. It was large, archaic, about the size of a large but thin paperback.

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Dr. Jacob Jolij: Extra dimensions of consciousness?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2022-03-28, 09:05 PM




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In this much anticipated presentation of the 'Science of Consciousness' conference 2021, organized by the Sentience and Science Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam and Essentia Fo

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How to disarm online "atheists"


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Brian, 2022-03-28, 03:58 PM

You challenge their rhetoric and their claim to the moral high ground.  This video shows how absurdly inconsistent their rhetoric is.




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Why has this forum become so slow?


Feedback and announcements    62 Replies

David001, 2022-03-22, 05:48 PM

I am extremely concerned that this forum has become so very quiet. I saw this as a place set to replace Skeptiko as it has drifted off-topic in recent years under Alex's control.

I am happy to accept the greater control applied here to exclude off topic subjects - but where is everybody?

Obvi

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Analysis of over 400 studies on leading theories regarding consciousness


Consciousness science forum    8 Replies

Bill37, 2022-03-22, 05:25 PM

Interesting article on consciousness. I’m not sure how to define it , other than to say it’s an analysis of over 400 studies on the leading theories of consciousness. I’m curious people’s thoughts …

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-n...sults.html


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Psychedelic enthusiasm must be more honest about the reality of the risks.


Consciousness science forum    51 Replies

Sci, 2022-03-19, 08:08 PM

Psychedelic enthusiasm must be more honest about the reality of the risks.

Joe Welker

[quote]But if psychedelics are a frontier, we need to deal with this fact: frontiers are dangerous.

A frontier is dangerous, in part, becau

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Podcast about shared death experiences


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    1 Replies

David001, 2022-03-16, 09:28 PM

Alex has put up an exceptionally good podcast containing a discussion with William Peters, who has collected a lot of information about shared death experiences - including some exotic variations on the basic concept.

I think this podcast is well worth popping over (back) to Skeptiko to listen, and

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NDE reporting on CNN


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    5 Replies

stephenw, 2022-03-12, 10:23 PM

I think this is an example of how normative the NDE idea is becoming. The take is more pragmatic, than some, but healthy to me. The model, where an event causes a change of heart, is still there.

[quote] But in the two years since it began, the Covid pandemic has spawned a new category of nea

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Most common dreams across borders


General off-topic forum    27 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-03-10, 09:37 PM

The most common dreams across borders according to Google-search data.

I've had the teeth falling out one once in my entire life as far as I remember. Don't remember a snake dream, but did dream last night of lightning-fast spidery insects that appeared and disappeared out of nowhere.

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Craig Weiler on the Ganzfield Experiment


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-03-10, 03:40 AM

Craig Weiler (known to most of us here) has this article out over at Paranormal Daily News:

Ganzfield Experiment and The Success That Won’t Go Away


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