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Famous Parapsychologists Quiz


General off-topic forum    9 Replies

Chris, 2019-03-15, 12:36 AM

The SPR on its Facebook page has adopted this photo of "Popular Paranormal Researchers", but how many can people actually identify?

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Preliminary Report on Extraordinary Experiences in Permaculture


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-03-14, 05:37 PM

Preliminary Report on Extraordinary Experiences in Permaculture

Jack Hunter


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This paper is a preliminary report on the results of an

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Bad Dreams Are Good


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Sci, 2019-03-14, 05:30 PM

Bad Dreams Are Good

Ben Healy


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For all the commonalities dreams exhibit, they vary across time—people who grew up watching black-and-white TV are more likely to dream in black and white [

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Kastrup: Idea of the World


Philosophy of mind forum    165 Replies

Sci, 2019-03-14, 03:38 PM

Bernardo seems to be going on a bit of book tour for those interested:




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"Russian Scientists Reverse Time Using Quantum Computer"


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

Chris, 2019-03-14, 08:01 AM

That's the title of the article, but what they say they've done is - in a quantum computer - "artificially created a state that evolves in a direction opposite to that of the thermodynamic arrow of time":
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-physicists...antum.html

(Edit: As pointed out in the com

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Mysterious Quantum Rule Reconstructed From Scratch


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

Sci, 2019-03-13, 05:30 PM

Mysterious Quantum Rule Reconstructed From Scratch

Ronaldo Barry

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In other words, Born’s rule connects quantum theory to experiment. It is what makes quantum mechanics a scient

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Study Cites Factors Associated With Sleep Benefit In Parkinson’s Disease


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-03-13, 04:30 PM

Study Cites Factors Associated With Sleep Benefit In Parkinson’s Disease

Marisa Wexler

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Parkinson’s patients who have had the disease for a long time, who do not sleep very efficiently, and

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The main reason panpsychism is invalid?


Philosophy of mind forum    11 Replies

nbtruthman, 2019-03-13, 03:52 PM

Article:  

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"....several philosophers have suggested panpsychism as a solution to the mind–body problem.....Their view is not entirely crazy, or at least it’s a bit less crazy than materialism.

However:

Consciousness always

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Alzheimer's-like symptoms reversed in mice


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2019-03-13, 02:52 PM

Alzheimer's-like symptoms reversed in mice

(I think it's a bot summary?)

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A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop th

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New brain stimulation therapy is effective against depression


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-03-13, 01:59 AM

New brain stimulation therapy is effective against depression

Maria Cohut

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Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in Chapel Hill have recently conducted a double-blind pilot clinical study te

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