This article is quite old (2015) but it is interesting because it questions Integrated Information Theory. The author is John Horgan of end of science fame.
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Research suggests that there is a neurological foundation to the experience of social connectivity, and that it is[i] the same as the foundation of consciousness itself:
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Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montrael, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater S
A great study including one of my favourite skeptical parapsychologists, Dr Callum E Cooper. Big survery of people who have had After Death Communications that sorts them into different types and discusses the effects they have on the people who have them, ranging from increased help with bereavemen
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Materialism can at first blush seem to have a more commonsensical and empirical character than Cartesian dualism. The latter asks you to believe in a res cogitans tha
Seen this doing the rounds on UFO reddit land. Not sure what to make of it. The original video that I seen on youtube is from 2008 at least, and this version from 3 years ago, but the actual source could be way earlier.
Well, happy 5th anniversary whilst we are at it, because Alex has decided to get rid of pretty much everything except the podcast section of the forums....
I like the guy, but man, he just totally does his own thing eh!
EDIT- Btw, I just realised that could have come across as a little insulting t
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