Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    2 Replies

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Gary Lachman is the author The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World as well as over twenty other books about the influence of esotericism on politics

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Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    5 Replies

Just when I was going to take a breather from the forum, I came across this and it made me wonder what do scientists actually believe concerning the "Big Bang?"  Was it a violent explosion with literally nothing existing before it or has the universe always been expanding?  How diverse are the opini

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Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Cosmopsychism and Consciousness Research: A Fresh View on the Causal Mechanisms Underlying Phenomenal States

Joachim Keppler, Itay Shani


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Despite the progress made in studying the observable exteriors of co

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Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Cosmopsychism and Consciousness Research: A Fresh View on the Causal Mechanisms Underlying Phenomenal States

Joachim Keppler, Itay Shani


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Despite the progress made in studying the observable exteriors of co

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Member introductions    No Replies

I think the time has come for me to step back a bit until I feel I have something useful to contribute.  It all feels like the same old stuff over and over again and I don't have anything new to discuss.  I  don't know how long I'll be gone but I'm sure I'll be back when I am more inspired.  God wil

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Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

There Is Much More to Mindfulness Than the Popular Media Hype

Pierce Salguero


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Mindfulness originated in the Buddhist practice of “anapana-sati,” a San

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

On tardigrades, superdeterminism, and the struggle for sanity

Scott Aaronson

(you have to skip down, he says something about politics at the beginning - sorry!)

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So in desperation, let me now try another tack: going meta. It strikes me that no

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Consciousness science forum    46 Replies

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Closing the first day of the 2021 ‘The Science of Consciousness’ conference, dr. Bernardo Kastrup, Prof. dr. Heleen

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Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

The philosopher’s zombie

Dan Falk

Quote:The infamous thought experiment, flawed as it is, does demonstrate one thing: physics alone can’t explain consciousness.

Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Mind-bending new quantum experiments are blurring past, present and future


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Since Albert Einstein, scientists have understood that, while our experience of time can feel like an u

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