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Debate: That veridical NDEs are a myth [split: A splendid video about evolution]


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    108 Replies

sbu, 2025-08-27, 08:03 PM

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The answer to that question is clearly, "Yes, they do". For example, veridical NDEs during periods in which the brain is shut down due to lack of blood flow (typically due to cardiac arrest) constitute evidence for the specific metaphysical claim th

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Insights into the existence of loong spirits


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Valmar, 2025-08-27, 03:46 AM

Was meditating today, and I was shown insights from the memories that my loong spirit companion showed me. I learned certain thing about their nature from their memories, and they didn't mind me sharing it.

When they incarnate, they descend from the higher planes, going from being a point to havi

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An infinity in a very long moment


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Valmar, 2025-08-22, 11:56 AM

This was an experience that I didn't see coming, but my angel guides had apparently been planning as part of the start of my initiation proper. My previous two experiences hadn't taken me very far, and I didn't understand at the time ~ it just wasn't time yet. I wasn't ready, but I couldn't understa

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IONS co-study (mostly) fails to find a link between yoga/meditation and psi


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    1 Replies

Laird, 2025-08-20, 04:59 AM

Exploring Connections: Yoga, Meditation, and Psychic Abilities

IONS Science Team
August 6, 2025
IONS Blog

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The four hypotheses developed by researchers are as follows:

  • H1: Forty days of continuous y


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S2 #79 / Gabriel Kennedy on RAW, the Púca and quantum theory.


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Sci, 2025-08-19, 04:26 AM



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In this episode of Spirit Box, I sit down with Gabriel, author of Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson, for a deep dive into the wild and weird territory Wilson loved to inhabit—where Irish

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Dr Nathan Babcock - Microtubules


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Max_B, 2025-08-17, 09:59 AM

This is a paper I had missed from 2024 by Nathan Babcock et al, which is interesting. It demonstrates evidence for Tryptophan/microtubule network Superradiance; Long-lived coherence even in thermal disorder; And scaling of Superradiance with Microtubule (MT) length and number:

https://doi.org/10.

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US Film Critic Roger Ebert's Revelation


General survival research    1 Replies

Max_B, 2025-08-16, 01:33 PM

Roger Eberts' widow shared Ebert's dying experience:

[quote] The one thing people might be surprised about - Roger said that he didn’t know if he could believe in God. He had his doubts. But toward the end, something really interesting happened. That week before Roger passed away, I would

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Journal of the Society for Psychical Research Vol. 89 No. 3 (2025)


General parapsychology    3 Replies

Laird, 2025-08-16, 02:13 AM

Vol. 89 No. 3 (2025): Journal of the Society for Psychical Research

Published on 2025-08-08.

You can discuss this issue of the journal in this thread.

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Empirical Research Articles

  • [url=https://jspr.spr.ac.uk/


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Dr. David Acunzo: Reproducing anomalous phenomena in the lab


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    2 Replies

Sci, 2025-08-15, 12:04 AM



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In this interview, Dr. David Acunzo, from the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, talks with Natalia Vorontsova about his experimental research on hypnosis and anomalous psi phenomena. Dr. Acunzo st

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Psience Quest's eighth anniversary, and a membership drive


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Laird, 2025-08-13, 07:25 PM

Eight years after Ian (@Ninshub) kicked off Psience Quest with its first post, we are one of the very few free, public, English-lang

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