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Physicalism Redux


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    241 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-09, 02:48 AM

Friends,

I'm still waiting for that elusive explanation of how a physical universe that has no consciousness can somehow generate our minds.

~~ Sci


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God of Movement that isn't a God of Meaning?


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    9 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-08, 07:37 PM

Interesting post from computationalist Joshua Bach:

Four Gods



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...I find that in contrast to the god of meaning, the unmoved god of movement may be an ontological necessity. The universe manifests itself as a set of di

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How NOT to introduce people to NDE and consciousness survival research


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    15 Replies

OmniVersalNexus, 2020-11-07, 09:15 PM

You could call this thread a sequel to 'Doesn't this just piss you off?' when it comes to misinformation online making it more difficult for people to take NDEs and related evidence seriously.[url=https://psiencequest.net/forums/index.php][/url]

I've honestly had about enough of this type of cont

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Casual Culling of 15 million Mink.


General off-topic forum    15 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2020-11-07, 09:13 AM

I can’t help but think that the way we like to think of ourselves as being civilised is proven to be just more wishful thinking. The casual culling of 15 MILLION mink hardly raises an eyebrow among many of us. That The Sun newspaper (really any msm newspaper) should be the source that brings it to o

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Free will re-redux


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    629 Replies

Paul C. Anagnostopoulos, 2020-11-06, 01:06 AM

Friends,

I'm still waiting for that elusive explanation of how I make a libertarian free decision.

Fortunately, the fate of the vote in Georgia does not hang on this question.

~~ Paul


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Discussion split from: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    60 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-11-03, 06:27 PM

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Can lab-grown brains become conscious?


Consciousness science forum    16 Replies

Sci, 2020-11-03, 04:04 AM

Can lab-grown brains become conscious?

Sara Reardon


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This type of brain-wide, coordinated electrical activity is one of the properties of a conscious brain. The team’s finding led ethicists and scientists to raise a host o

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"Encouragement"


Members' general personal experiences    17 Replies

Mediochre, 2020-11-02, 08:35 AM

I’ve been working through my various emotional issues for a number of months now and feel like I’ve managed to whittle things down to what is probably my very core issue. My relationship with power. In short, I’m constantly scared that I don’t have enough, which comes from a myriad of personal exper

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Well Known Proponents


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    9 Replies

Kamarling, 2020-10-30, 08:30 PM

I was meandering through some YouTube playlists the other day and happened across a biographical documentary about the late, wonderful actress, Dame Margaret Rutherford. I had fond memories of watching her films as a child on wet Sunday afternoons. Anyway, one

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Why do you believe, advocates/skeptics?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    50 Replies

Smaw, 2020-10-28, 09:29 AM

So I'm new here, only just joined, and want to get an idea of why people think the way they do. I don't want this to be a thread about arguing or debunking, just people say why so we can all be on even ground with each other.

[b]My question is, why do you guys believe, or don't believe, in the di

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