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The Mystery of Roanoke Endures Yet Another Cruel Twist


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Sci, 2020-08-09, 11:27 PM

The Mystery of Roanoke Endures Yet Another Cruel Twist

"An artifact found 20 years ago turns out to not be what archaeologists thought."

Andrew Lawler


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It seemed too good to

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The Flip, A discussion of Jeffrey Kripal’s book: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 58


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Sci, 2020-08-09, 07:20 PM




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Did you know Albert Einstein advocated telepathy research or that Marie Curie attended seances? In this edition of The Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss, The Flip, a new book by Jeffrey Kripal. The t

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Are atoms, bacteria and plants conscious?


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Sci, 2020-08-09, 04:05 AM

Are atoms, bacteria and plants conscious?



Johnathan Moens



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[color=#000000][size=small][font="Montserrat,"]Consciousness is what you experience in everyday, waking life. It’s the smell of freshly m

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The Psychology of Internet Comments Sections


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OmniVersalNexus, 2020-08-08, 10:33 PM

https://www.mediavsreality.com/mediavsre...f-assholes

This is something that I definitely need to remind myself of:


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Detection of electrical signaling between tomato plants raises interesting questions


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Sci, 2020-08-07, 11:21 PM

Detection of electrical signaling between tomato plants raises interesting questions

Jim Steele

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The tomato research, which focused on experimental study and mathematical modeling of electrical signal propagation between p

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Video: Irreducible Mind Part (2) - the Hard Problem


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nbtruthman, 2020-08-05, 06:35 PM

An outstanding video documentary on the neuroscientific evidence for the existence of the soul as immaterial consciousness was covered in this thread.

This was entitled Neuroscientific Evid

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Exceptional Early Scientists and Scholars on Survival and the Paranormal


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nbtruthman, 2020-08-04, 05:44 PM

Another excellent post by Michael Tymn in his blog.

This one quotes fifteen 19th and early 20th century distinguished scientists and scholars on the subjects of survival and the para

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An Explanation of Fine Tuning?


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nbtruthman, 2020-08-03, 06:36 PM

A well written new article on what may be beyond the Big Bang both spacially and temporally, at https://aeon.co/essays/our-cosmic-horizo...-than-ever.

It seems, however, to share the same old limiting assumptions of naturalism (nature is absolutely all there is) as othe

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Will you accept a microchip implant as a payment method?


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Brian, 2020-08-02, 04:43 PM

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style...08486.html

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The Prophet


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Stan Woolley, 2020-08-01, 09:56 AM

[color=#000000][size=medium][size=medium]I am in reflective mood, like the man in my favourite book, it appears that the time has come to leave. Like Almustafa, The Prophet’s namesake, I will reflect on my journey. Unfortunately, I am not as grown up as he is, so anything I say here will probably be

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