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The Crisis of Science


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    2 Replies

Mediochre, 2019-02-27, 04:22 PM



Sources and transcript here: https://www.corbettreport.com/sciencecrisis/

Some might say this belongs in the political subforum but I disagree as it gets right to the heart of what is talked about on this forum

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Discuss some stupid thing.


General off-topic forum    3 Replies

Vy Chấn Hải, 2019-02-26, 07:17 PM

I've been thinking much about these things.
 I have seen a lot of you have some great debate and logic capabilities.
 I mean, if the freedom of the mind exists, so the ability to handle the brain is probably a limitation of it.
  I think Average IQ in this forum will be high above 129 or somthing do

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Maybe Dream Precognition?


Members' general personal experiences    No Replies

Typoz, 2019-02-26, 01:30 PM

This isn't anything weighty or profound. One or two days ago, before waking in the morning I was having a series of rather muddled dreams, some of them seemingly echoing environments or buildings where I used to work or study, but in a distorted way, they looked like real buildings, but not like any

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Can Consciousness be Modeled Mathmatically?


Consciousness science forum    6 Replies

Steve001, 2019-02-26, 12:59 PM

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_we...sciousness


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We have seen that AI, which was supposed to be a failure, is coming back with

gusto on the back of multi sensor robotics

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Berkeley's Suitcase


Philosophy of mind forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2019-02-25, 11:04 PM

Berkeley's Suitcase

Hugh Hunter

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What Berkeley discovered is that doubting the existence of material bodies actually removes a great many other doubts. And so what seemed to Descartes, Malebranche, and Locke a sceptical

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Bohm and Whitehead on Wholeness, Freedom, Causality, and Time


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

Sci, 2019-02-25, 09:18 PM

Bohm and Whitehead on Wholeness, Freedom, Causality, and Time

David Ray Griffin

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Whitehead distinguishes between God and Creativity and yet makes them equally primordial.  God is not simply Creativity; God has determinate character

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Where are all the aliens? Struggling and hustling, just like us


UFO/UAP forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-02-25, 04:33 PM

Where are all the aliens? Struggling and hustling, just like us

Charlie Wood

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Using a blend of theory and simulation posted last week to the paper database arXiv, currently under pe

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Is Consciousness Fractal?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-02-25, 02:04 AM

Is Consciousness Fractal?

Jordana Cepelewicz

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“Being fractal is a way for a system to be in touch with itself, talking to itself, but not locked in,” Goldberger says. “You can’t exist if you’re fixed at one fre

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A Simple Proof of Mind-Body Dualism


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-02-24, 09:43 PM

A Simple Proof of Mind-Body Dualism

Marcus Arvan

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If qualitative properties of consciousness were similar in kind to other properties we have knowledge about (e.g., the property of positive electrical charge, the pr

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Chemist James Tour: "Life Should Not Exist"


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    19 Replies

Sci, 2019-02-24, 09:28 PM

I won't even pretend to have the knowledge necessary to say much, but figured it would be of interest to the ID folks:

An Open Letter to My Colleagues by James Tour

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We synthetic chemists should state the o

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