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Whiteheadian Quantum Ontology


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

Sci, 2020-12-05, 01:52 AM

Whiteheadian Quantum Ontology

Henry P. Stapp


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The core issue for both Whiteheadian Process and Quantum Process is the emergence of the discrete from the continuous. This problem is illustrated by the decay of a radioactive isotope

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What Magic is This?: Charles Fort


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

Sci, 2020-12-04, 07:57 PM

What Magic is This?: Charles Fort

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Douglas Batchelor 


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Fish falling from the sky. People disappearing from one area only to be found in another. People igniting on fire for no reason. Such p

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Validity of NDERF accounts


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    12 Replies

Typoz, 2020-12-03, 08:44 PM

In another thread, I noticed this assertion

(2020-11-30, 06:25 PM)OmniVersalNexus Wrote: The trouble is that NDERF has had its fair share of plagiarised or fraudulent NDEs,

Since it is a broadly sceptical comment, I thought it better to comment on it here rather th

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The Primordial Psyche


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2020-12-03, 04:43 PM

The Primordial Psyche

Mario Beauregard


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Abstract:Scientific materialism is still influential in certain academic

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Steven Novella claims this study on mice 'destroys dualism'


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    8 Replies

OmniVersalNexus, 2020-12-03, 12:44 AM

This came to my attention via that NDE Twitter account. Apparently, Novella posted last month about a recent study on the behaviour of mice and how their brain regions are involved in decision making. The original study can be found [url=https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(20)30809-6?_re

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Ping Pong Sufi


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2020-12-02, 06:07 PM

Ping Pong Sufi


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A practitioner of the inward-looking form of Islam known as [url=https://aeon.co/essays/sufi-islam-thrives-humorous-eloquent-and-poetic-as-ever]Sufism[/

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Articles about PSI and cosmology?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    6 Replies

Smaw, 2020-12-02, 10:10 AM

Been reading some stuff about space recently, is all very fun and interesting. Planets, stars, ways the universe will end. (Heat Death still looks pretty convincing but after forever who knows how that'll stick)

I was wondering if you guys have any articles or good threads from on here that I mig

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Are we in Purgatory? The concept of eternal existence.


Reincarnation forum    4 Replies

Jamescarty, 2020-12-01, 02:23 AM

Hello. This is my 1st post here. Thank you for accepting me. The video linked here represents the culmination of many years of research on this subject.
[color=#030303][font="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"]IF the concept of the reincarnation o

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Neuroscientist says the brain isn't for thinking


Consciousness science forum    15 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-11-30, 08:28 PM

A neuroscientist says your brain isn't for thinking - just-surviving. A new article in the New York Times (paywall), discussed [url=https://mindmatters.ai/2020/11/neuroscientist-your-brain-isnt-for-thinking-just-sur

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Aquinas' Ways, PSR, Tetralemmic Polarity...


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    14 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-30, 12:43 AM

Feser's Fifth: Why his up-to-date version of Aquinas' Fifth Way fails as a proof, and how to make it work

Vincent Torley


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In the Executive Summary above, I sketched an outline of how an alternative version of the teleolo

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