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The lie at the heart of science


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Sci, 2020-09-24, 05:47 PM

The lie at the heart of science: Fraud is more pervasive than we think

Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis | Journalist and author of Fraud in the Lab: The High Stakes of Scientific Research.


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Everyday fudging of exp

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Beyond material: Should we embrace the immaterial?


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Sci, 2020-09-24, 05:38 PM

Beyond material: Should we embrace the immaterial?


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The world is only material, only physical stuff - has for a century been the dominant view. Yet science has seemingly eradicated the physical in favour of fields and energy, mathematics a

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The Quantum Butterfly Noneffect


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Sci, 2020-09-22, 05:10 PM

The Quantum Butterfly Noneffect

Nikolai Sinitsyn, Bin Yan 


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The butterfly effect is well accepted in our everyday world, where classical physics describes systems above the atomic scale. But in the

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What Magic Is This?: Emanuel Swedenborg


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Sci, 2020-09-21, 07:42 PM

What Magic Is This?: Emanuel Swedenborg

Douglas Batchelor

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For a time, Emanuel Swedenborg was a name that many in Europe and America were familiar with. These days, very few have even heard the name and those who have, th

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William Reville on NDEs-a potentially open-minded take?


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OmniVersalNexus, 2020-09-20, 11:28 PM

A rather bizarre piece from the Irish Times (I don't blame you if you haven't heard of them, they're not very popular from what I can tell) from a scientist who seems to be afraid of admitting that NDEs (probably) aren't neurological. 

I was mislead by the opening paragraphs, which actually did a

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Magnetotactic Bacteria May Explain Unique Behaviors in Some Animals


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Sci, 2020-09-18, 11:09 PM

Magnetotactic Bacteria May Explain Unique Behaviors in Some Animals

Hanna C.


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Researchers from Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom published their study i

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Science and Pseudoscience on the Internet with Craig Weiler


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Sci, 2020-09-17, 11:27 PM




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Craig Weiler is a parapsychology journalist and the author of Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet. He also hosts the Weiler Psi blog. His website is [url=https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A

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What Magic is This?: Spirits with Aidan Wachter


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Sci, 2020-09-17, 07:54 PM




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Many Magicians would say that one of the most important aspects of Magic is interacting with ‘Spiritual Creatures.’ The idea of Spirits being a part of this world and that there could be a ‘Spirit World’ has been wi

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Kundalini Rising with Marjorie Woollacott


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Sci, 2020-09-17, 01:11 AM




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Marjorie Woollacott, PhD, is emeritus professor of Neuroscience and Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. She is coauthor of the textbook, Motor Control: Translating Research Into Clinical Practice. She is autho

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Big Bounce Simulations Challenge the Big Bang


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Sci, 2020-09-15, 01:38 AM

Big Bounce Simulations Challenge the Big Bang

Charlie Wood


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Steinhardt and company imagine a universe that expands for perhaps a trillion years, driven by the energy of an omnipresent (a

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