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Animal adoptions make no evolutionary sense, so why do they happen?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2021-11-27, 05:13 AM

Animal adoptions make no evolutionary sense, so why do they happen?

Isabelle Catherine Winder & Vivien Shaw

[quote]After all, animal behaviour specialists have suggested that spontan

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Bigelow Institute essays on life after death in PDF


General survival research    38 Replies

tim, 2021-11-25, 03:56 PM

Something for the sceptics (weekend)

Bigelow Institute (all the essays)

 Corrected link:

[url=https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/Winning_Essays/10_%20Sam_Parnia_et_al.pdf]

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Gunter Bechly Explains What The Fossil Evidence Really Says


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

Jim_Smith, 2021-11-24, 12:22 AM




Science Uprising playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...je4p7rAE7-


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Iain McGilchrist: “Consciousness is the stuff of the cosmos”


Consciousness science forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2021-11-22, 05:40 PM

Iain McGilchrist: “Consciousness is the stuff of the cosmos”


[quote]
Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Iain McGilchrist laid out his idealist metaphysical views unambiguously in the closing

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The Afterlife in Korean Literature


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2021-11-21, 11:16 PM

The Afterlife in Korean Literature

Shin Dong-hun


[quote]
In many religions and myths around the world, the afterlife is perceived as located under the ground. Greek and Roman myths offer a cl

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Evolution, or just adaptation?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    25 Replies

Brian, 2021-11-20, 02:25 PM

My view is that the researchers here don't know the difference between "natural selection based evolutionary changes" and simple adaptation. 

[i][b]"In looking at the data, the researchers found evolution at work in 755 genes related to the traits they had selected over the past 2,000 to 3,000 y

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Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?


Out-of-body experience (OBE), astral travel, and lucid dream forum    No Replies

Sci, 2021-11-17, 08:48 PM

Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?

David Robson


[quote]
The ability to control our dreams is a skill that more of us are seeking to acqui

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Idealism may not be what you think[?]


Philosophy of mind forum    4 Replies

Sci, 2021-11-17, 07:37 PM

Idealism may not be what you think

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[quote]
It increasingly strikes us that the reason why many scientists and scholars reject idealism—the notion that reality is essentially mental—is based o

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I knew that was going to happen- The truth about premonitions


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    6 Replies

Sci, 2021-11-17, 05:53 PM

I knew that was going to happen… The truth about premonitions

Amelia Tait


[quote]
But are these dismissals too quick? Too easy? Some scientists

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Bob Bigelow on Essay Competition


General survival research    21 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2021-11-16, 11:38 AM

An essay competition was recently held where financial prizes were given to the top writers. 
Jeffrey Mishlove won first prize, and $500000.




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