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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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Hello people, I'm Smaw


Member introductions    2 Replies

Smaw, 2020-10-28, 08:01 AM

Hello everyone, I'm Smaw, an Australian bloke who's interested in PSI stuff.

My journey into PSI has been your regular slog. I started out my regular teenage sprat years as your regular ratheist. God is dead and memes killed him, psi is all bullshit, mediums are con artists, religious people are

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A new book attempting to neuroscientifically analyze meditation


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    2 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-10-27, 05:07 PM

A new book from Daily Grail Publishing, touted as valuable in that it can promote deep understanding of spiritual meditational experiences. At least according to these descriptions, I don't think so.

[url=https://www.dailygrail.com/2020/10/the-contemplative-brain/]The Contemplative Brain: Meditat

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The NDE of the man who fell off Mount Everest


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    1 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-10-26, 04:22 PM

Roger Hart was a geophysicist; after his retirement he was interviewed about his experience in his youth when on a Mt. Everest climb expedition. From Michael Tymn's post at  http://whitecrowbooks.com/michaeltymn/en...t._everest :

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His NDE took place on Ma

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A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    6 Replies

Sci, 2020-10-26, 02:52 AM

A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat

John Horgan


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I’ve been hard on Buddhism over the years (see for example my [url=https://blogs.scientificameri

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