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An April 1st parable on moral nihilism.


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-05-16, 06:34 PM

An amusing parable on the downsides of being the typical deluded moral nihilist in 2020 (from Michael Tymn's blog).

To be read on April 1st (I know it's too late for that, but in these times we can use

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Quora user claims to have 'solved consciousness' via AGI theory?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    44 Replies

OmniVersalNexus, 2020-05-16, 02:52 PM

[color=#333333][font="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"]I was reading up on the most recent post on the AwareofAWARE blog (which I highly recommend to those not familiar with it and are interested in the work of Sam Parnia) when I came across a comment from one user that had me troubled.[/fon

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Hi PsienceQuest


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OmniVersalNexus, 2020-05-16, 02:30 PM

I've been a long-time lurker on here and on Skeptiko for many months now, and I had been interested in parapsychology and the paranormal since I was very young. I had regrettably joined Reddit in late 2019 and conducted extensive afterlife/survival of consciousness research. I was very impressed and

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I grew up in a cult. It was heaven -- and hell


General off-topic forum    No Replies

Laird, 2020-05-16, 03:07 AM

I grew up in a cult. It was heaven -- and hell. | Lilia Tarawa | TEDxChristchurch




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Tom Campbell Interview


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

Stan Woolley, 2020-05-13, 07:22 AM

“Be sceptical of everything..”




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Physical and Mental Substances: what are the stuffs of nature?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2020-05-12, 09:57 PM

Physical and Mental Substances: what are the stuffs of nature?


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Here is a potted summary of a non-reductive 'propensity account' of physical and mental substances:

Quantum theo

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Why the afterlife evidence is ignored and rejected


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    2 Replies

nbtruthman, 2020-05-12, 03:26 AM

Thirty reasons. Michael Tymn in his blog, here and [url=http://whitecrowbooks.com/michaeltymn/entry/thirty_reasons_why_the_afterlife_evidence_is_ignored_or_rejected_pt._2]here[/url

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Tim Scullion's ghost photography


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    16 Replies

Ninshub, 2020-05-12, 02:02 AM

Tim Scullion is an American who worked as a guide at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia (which I've visited, very cool), discovered people were having apparitions appear on the photos they were taking, and then set about researching this intensely with his own photography, and publishing books about

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Parapsychologist Stanley Krippner on ayahuasca


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Ninshub, 2020-05-12, 12:50 AM

Not new, but I liked this. Clear-eyed and nuanced.




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Embodied observations from an intrinsic perspective can entail quantumdynamics


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

Sci, 2020-05-11, 07:03 PM

Embodied observations from an intrinsic perspective can entail quantumdynamics

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After centuries of research, how subjective experience relates to physical phenomena remains unclear. Recent strategies attempt to identify the physical correlat

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