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Bial Foundation


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Chris, 2020-01-31, 09:28 PM

The Bial Foundation is a body founded by the Portuguese pharmaceutical company BIAL, which funds scientific research, particularly in the area of neuroscience:
https://www.bial.com/com/bial-foundation/foundation/

At the end of the online programme for the 12th Bial Symposium in the series "Behin

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A window into Guerrilla Skeptics of Wikipedia


General off-topic forum    11 Replies

Chris, 2020-01-31, 07:54 PM

On the Skeptical Inquirer website, Susan Gerbic has collected a number of short pieces by members of her group, in which they give their thoughts about the fight against "pseudoscience". I found it quite interesting reading:
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/...into-gsow/


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Peter Bancel's 2019 presentation on psychokinesis


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    1 Replies

Chris, 2020-01-31, 11:59 AM

Newly uploaded to ResearchGate, here's a paper based on Peter Bancel's presentation at the 2019 Parapsychological Association Convention, entitled "A Reassessment of Some Micro-PK Results":
[i]Abstract. This article examines four episodes in micro-PK research: the work of Helmut Schmidt; the

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Why There’s No Such Thing as a Gifted Child


Consciousness science forum    5 Replies

Sci, 2020-01-31, 04:53 AM

Why There’s No Such Thing as a Gifted Child

Wendy Berliner


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There is a canon of research on high performance, built over the last century, that suggests it goes way beyo

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An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience


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

Sci, 2020-01-30, 07:54 AM

An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience

Grigori Guitchounts


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The question of how we might begin to grasp the entirety of the organ that generates our minds has been pressing me for

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Magic is real with David Solomon


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    2 Replies

Mediochre, 2020-01-29, 10:16 PM

If someone thinks this is the wrong place to post it then move it. I put it here because this guy is probably the most rational magic developer I've ever heard. His practice is informed both from Parapsychology as well as learning multiple magic systems. He sounds genuinely ambitious and serious abo

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Julie Beischel in Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Netflix Show


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    12 Replies

TheRaven, 2020-01-29, 09:37 PM

For those who are unaware, Gwyneth Paltrow has a new Netflix show, Goop Lab. It goes into depths on various topics ranging from energy healing to the medicinal properties of “shrooms”. Dr. Julie Beischel is in an episode about mediumship and the afterlife. Several journal outlets are having a

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Can retrocausality solve the puzzle of action at a distance?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2020-01-28, 10:20 PM

Taming the quantum spooks: Reconciling Einstein with quantum mechanics may require abandoning the notion that cause always precedes effect

Huw Price

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Some readers may raise a more global objection

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Bio robot.


General off-topic forum    No Replies

Vy Chấn Hải, 2020-01-28, 12:52 PM

Biological robots that made from cells.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=js6uTRT8KO4


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When the Body Attacks the Mind


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2020-01-27, 11:50 PM

When the Body Attacks the Mind

Moises Velasquez-Manoff


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f Sasha was suffering from encephalitis, though, what had triggered it? Scientists have long known that hallucinations and de

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