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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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How Believers in the Paranormal Birthed the Pentagon’s New Hunt for UFOs


UFO/UAP forum    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2022-03-10, 03:35 AM

Significant article at Military.com

How Believers in the Paranormal Birthed the Pentagon’s New Hunt for UFOs

Travis Tritten, Deputy Managing Editor
March 7, 2

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A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2022-03-07, 11:43 PM

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

Natalie Wolchover


[quote]
At first, the community [url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-no-new-par

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Alert when particular person posts


Feedback and announcements    5 Replies

David001, 2022-03-05, 07:49 PM

Laird (or anyone who knows),

Is it possible to get an alert when a named member - such as Sciborg_s_Patel - starts a new thread? I wonder vaguely if "Add to Buddy List" will do the trick.


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Iain McGilchrist and the battle over the left-brain, right-brain theory


Consciousness science forum    3 Replies

Sci, 2022-03-04, 07:41 AM

Iain McGilchrist and the battle over the left-brain, right-brain theory

Nick Spencer

[quote]As McGilchrist is at pains to repeat in his n

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