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Pigeons are smart enough to perceive abstract concepts like time and space


Consciousness science forum    6 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-13, 01:19 AM

Pigeons are smart enough to perceive abstract concepts like time and space

Ephrat Livni


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Research on rhesus monkeys shows they respond like humans to such tests, suggesting t

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Is Skeptiko forum website suspended?!!


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Vortex, 2020-09-11, 02:11 PM

Today I tried to reach the Skeptiko forum... and what I saw was that:

http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

Am I the only one who arrive at the suspension message if trying to enter the Skeptiko forum? Or are

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In the Animal Kingdom, the Astonishing Power of the Number Instinct


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Sci, 2020-09-11, 05:50 AM

In the Animal Kingdom, the Astonishing Power of the Number Instinct

Andreas Nieder


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A host of studies examining animals in their ecological environments suggest that th

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The Reality of Spirits (Paranthropology)


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    29 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-10, 07:27 PM

The Reality of Spirits

Edith Turner, first published in Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring-Summer) 1997

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Edith Turner, a Field Associate of the Foundation, is a distinguished anthropologist who teaches at the University of Virginia. She

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“Pyjama Plot” Shows the Quantum World Is Even Stranger Than We Thought


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

Sci, 2020-09-09, 01:57 AM

“Pyjama Plot” Shows the Quantum World Is Even Stranger Than We Thought

"Author" is apparently a Summary Bot


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New experimental evidence of a collective behavior of electrons to fo

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Dawkins refuted in a minute


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Brian, 2020-09-07, 07:58 PM

I didn't know where best to put this but having never read "The God Delusion" I was stunned by how quickly and easily it was refuted.  Actually, Dawkins refuted himself in the process but towards the end, we see why.  Quite a revelation and quite a confession!

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.c

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William Little's Book 'The Psychic Tourist'


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OmniVersalNexus, 2020-09-07, 12:41 PM

[color=#333333][size=small][font="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"]I'm had recently found a book at my local library by journalist William Little titled The Psychic Tourist, which is from 2009-2010 I think, at least according to his blog by the same name. He basically looks into psychic powe

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Egnor and Kastrup discuss Evolution of Consciousness


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

Sci, 2020-09-07, 04:08 AM

The Evolution (or Not) of Consciousness

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Did consciousness evolve? How do materialists deal with the definition of consciousness? Dr. Michael Egnor and Dr. Bernardo Kastrup discuss consciousness, evolution, and intelligent desi

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Thanks to Sci


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chuck, 2020-09-03, 11:34 PM

Just a quick thanks to Sci for their continued dedication to bringing so many interesting and eclectic resources into the forum every single day. It does not go unnoticed. 

Thanks!


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Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centered Theory of the Belief in Spirits


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-03, 08:10 PM

Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centered Theory of the Belief in Spirits

David Hufford


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This essay concerns a particular set of "folk beliefs, that is unofficial beliefs. The meanings and implications of this definition are discusse

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