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Philip Goff - "Did the Universe Design Itself?"


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

Sci, 2019-05-09, 10:27 PM




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Pauli’s ideas on mind and matter in the context of contemporary science


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Sci, 2019-05-09, 01:23 PM

Pauli’s ideas on mind and matter in the context of contemporary science

Harald Atmanspacher

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[size=medium][font="serif"][size=medium][font="serif"]Pauli’s thoughts on topics beyond physics are likely

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Tom Kelly's Magick Primer


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    3 Replies

Sci, 2019-05-09, 12:22 PM

MAGICK PRIMER 01: Where to Start

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So, you have developed an interest in the Occult and Magick but don’t know where to start? Well this series is for you. In it, we will be looking at the basics of Occult thought and

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Unusual Betting Wins


General off-topic forum    1 Replies

Typoz, 2019-05-09, 09:08 AM

A news article mostly about long-term bets placed years before they came to fruition. However the last one describes a dream which came true:
Judd Trump: Other long-term bets that have paid off

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In 2005 football fan Adrian Hayward d

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Who Funds What?


General off-topic forum    3 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2019-05-08, 11:50 AM

My wife asked me yesterday if I could find out who funded a certain study. This one:

“Social media’s enduring effect on adolescent life satisfaction”
Amy Orbena,b,1,2, Tobias Dienlinc, and Andrew K. Przybylskia,b,1


 Is there an easy way to find out?


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What It's Like To Be A Dog


Consciousness science forum    3 Replies

Will, 2019-05-07, 06:01 PM

The neuroscience that shows us what it's like to be a dog.


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[color=#000000][size=large][font="PTSerif, Georgia, serif"]The neuroscientist’s latest book, [i][url=https://oneworld-publications.com/wh

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Brain scans reveal a ‘pokémon region’ in adults who played as kids


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Sci, 2019-05-07, 02:33 PM

Brain scans reveal a ‘pokémon region’ in adults who played as kids

Angela Chen


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By scanning the brains of adults who played Pokémon as kids, researchers learned that this

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Could a cell phone game detect who is at risk of Alzheimer's?


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2019-05-06, 03:02 PM

Could a cell phone game detect who is at risk of Alzheimer's?

by Lauren Sharkey


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An Alzheimer's diagnosis often relies on signs of memory problems. However, these issues usually do not appear until years after the diseas

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Cosmology has some big, big problems


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

nbtruthman, 2019-05-05, 04:10 PM

Article:    

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"The crux of today's cosmological paradigm is that in order to maintain a mathematically unified theory valid for the entire universe, we must accept that 95 percent of our cosmos is f

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Perfect


General off-topic forum    11 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2019-05-05, 11:43 AM

I get a sense that I’m on the right track when saying

“Everything’s Perfect as it is.”

Comments?

(Yeah Steve, you too. Let’s hear it!  Big Grin)


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