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Edward Snowden claims he has


UFO/UAP forum    7 Replies

Desperado, 2019-10-24, 09:12 PM

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/23/us/ed...index.html

Oh boy, what to think of this? Hmmm.

I really don't know what to think of Snowden. Much less, his c

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The Extraordinary Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe


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

Sci, 2019-10-24, 05:00 PM

The Extraordinary Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the Universe

seem like a bot summary


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In the last few years,

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Does Plato Make Room for Negative Forms in His Ontology?


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-10-22, 10:02 PM

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Does Plato Make Room for Negative Forms in His Ontology?

Necip Fikri Alican


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Plato seems to countenance both positive and negative Forms, that is to say, both go

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Discussion sites versus social media


General off-topic forum    13 Replies

Chris, 2019-10-22, 11:45 AM

In an "In Memoriam" article about Robert S. Lancaster for the Skeptical Inquirer, Susan Gerbic wrote the following:
[i]"Before Facebook, Twitter, and other social network platforms, we used forums to communicate. Some of you probably still remember these; possibly a few still use them. They are clu

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Hidden Variables: Ontology/Epistemology & Contextuality/Non-Classicality


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

Sci, 2019-10-22, 01:14 AM

Hidden Variables: Ontology/Epistemology & Contextuality/Non-Classicality

Fred Wolf


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What does quantum physics tell us about the nature of reality, specifically the parts of reality we do not directly p

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Study claimed to show that monkeys show more cognitive flexibility than humans


Off-topic mainstream science forum    1 Replies

Chris, 2019-10-21, 08:00 AM

Courtesy of Mysterious Uinverse - here's a study that is claimed to show that monkeys show more cognitive flexibility than humans. Both were taught a task that required picking three geometrical shapes in succession. But when the rules were changed so that they could just pick the final one and stil

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Explaining Evil (dotcom)


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    5 Replies

Laird, 2019-10-20, 08:13 PM

Back in May, erickh dropped the explainingevil.com website into a brief reply to a Skeptiko podcast thread on evil (episode #411). His post got a couple of likes, but was otherwise ignored.

Given the website's title and my interests, I was very intrigued, so

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Sammy Hagar's experience of meeting his father as he's crossing over


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    No Replies

Ninshub, 2019-10-20, 07:08 PM

Just came across this by happenstance. Rock singer Sammy Hagar talks about his estranged father visiting him in the middle of the night in a dream, and then being told a short while afterward he's just died.

At 24:10:



He talks about

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University of Virginia study on NDEs and therapeutic needs


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    No Replies

Chris, 2019-10-20, 07:35 AM

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - Marieta Pehlivanova of the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies is calling for participants in "a study of those who have had an NDE and those mental health professionals who have addressed the therapeutic needs of their clients after NDEs." She i

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Which PSI Effects Do You Believe Are Real?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    8 Replies

berkelon, 2019-10-19, 01:17 PM

Which PSI Effects Do You Believe Are Real?

[color=#141414][size=x-small][font="Arial"][b][color=#000000][size=small][font="Arial, Helvetica"]telepathy, clairvo

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