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The Wollaton Gnomes


Folklore forum    1 Replies

Brian, 2021-12-26, 09:57 AM

From Neil Rushton's Deadbutdreaming site.

Revisiting the Wollaton Gnomes

[i]"Research shows that on 23 September 1979 the Autumn Equinox was at 04:19, sunset at 19:02, dusk at 19:36, and a sett

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Wikipedia bias (again)


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    23 Replies

Kamarling, 2021-12-24, 10:32 PM

I know that we are all aware of this but I felt the need to rant.

I had been scanning through a few threads here and one mentioned Michael Behe. It is a long time since I've read anything by him or his colleague, Stephen C. Meyer, so I decided to see what they are up to these days. First stop was

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The Predictive Mind


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2021-12-24, 07:11 PM



[quote]In her presentation during the ‘Science of Consciousness’ conference 2021, Prof. dr. Heleen Slagter, Principal Investigator of the Cognition & Plasticity Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, talks about the predi

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Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find


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

Sci, 2021-12-24, 06:46 PM

Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find

Ben Turner

[quote]In fact, even the founders of quantum mechanics themselves thought that the implications of having complex numbers in th

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Crows Are So Smart They Seem to Understand The Concept of Tool Value


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2021-12-24, 06:33 PM

Crows Are So Smart They Seem to Understand The Concept of Tool Value

Tessa Koumoundouros

[quote]Seventeen of the birds were then observed during two trials each on separate days. In both, they

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Missing 3-Year-Old Boy Says a Bear Kept Him Safe While He Was Lost in the Woods


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2021-12-24, 06:16 PM

Missing 3-Year-Old Boy Says a Bear Kept Him Safe While He Was Lost in the Woods

Sara Barnes

[quote]Thankfully, Hathway was relatively unscathed—just some scrapes and bruises—after his time spent outdoors. That’s when he told

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Science and Shamanism: Medicine Meets Myanmar’s Far-Flung Naga Tribes


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2021-12-21, 03:14 AM

Science and Shamanism: Medicine Meets Myanmar’s Far-Flung Naga Tribes

Agence France-Presse

[quote]With malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out b

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Orthodoxy and Shamanism in Siberia


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2021-12-21, 03:05 AM

Orthodoxy and Shamanism in Siberia

by Vladimir Rozansky

[quote]In the Russian Far East there remains a great mixture of Christianity and paganism. Orthodox priests in the countryside indulge in shamanic pr

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Compatibility of Contemporary Physical Theory with Personality Survival


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Sci, 2021-12-20, 04:57 PM

Compatibility of Contemporary Physical Theory with Personality Survival

Henry Stapp

[quote]Orthodox quantum mechanics is technically built around an element that von Neumann called Process 1. In its basic form it consists of an act

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Consciousness: Combining views of a Philosopher, a Theologian, and a Physicist


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2021-12-19, 09:59 PM

Comparing Robert Corrington, Yu Young-Mo, and Henry Stapp

Wang-Eun Serl


[quote]
I contend that consciousness is an essential part of every entity so that it may m

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