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Joe McQuillen: Searching for Christopher on the Other Side


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    1 Replies

Ninshub, 2019-01-11, 02:33 AM

From what I gather, Joe McQuillen lost his son in a canoe accident, and went from being a skeptic to a "believer" as he contacted his son through medium(s).

He has published a recent book:
[url=https://www.amazon.com/My-Search-Christopher-Other-Side/dp/1945962429]My Search For Christopher On The

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Mind May Trump DNA in Exercise and Eating Habits


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

Sci, 2019-01-10, 07:30 PM

Mind May Trump DNA in Exercise and Eating Habits

Gretchen Reynolds



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Similarly, the researchers told some of the people in the diet group, incorrectly, that they carried a g

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Forum introduction


Introduction, rules, and guides    2 Replies

Laird, 2019-01-10, 10:46 AM

Welcome to Psience Quest - a discussion site for everyone who's interested in psi, evidence of survival after death and related subjects.

As the name suggests, the core topic for discussion here is the science of psi.

In a narrow sense, psi can be thought of as any kind of interaction betwee

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NYTimes: How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution


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

Sci, 2019-01-10, 09:19 AM

How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution

Ferris Jabr



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The bowerbird defies traditional assumptions about animal behavior. Here is a creature that spends hours meticulously curating a cabine

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The Great God Pan is Not Dead: Alfred North Whitehead and the Psychedelic Mode...


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2019-01-10, 02:50 AM

NOTE: See second post warning about the dangers of buying street psychedelics.

The Great God Pan is Not Dead: Alfred North Whitehead and the Psychedelic Mode of Perception

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Weird Studies: Entities, with Stuart Davis


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    10 Replies

Sci, 2019-01-10, 02:30 AM

Weird Studies:  Entities, with Stuart Davis

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Several years ago, on New Year’s Eve, a tall, purple-robed praying mantis appeared to multidisciplinary artist Stuart Evan Davis as he meditated while running a fever. “Remember who you work for,” the

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We've found a mysterious energy burst that's repeating and is more powerful than mill


UFO/UAP forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-01-10, 01:39 AM

We've found a mysterious energy burst that's repeating and is more powerful than millions of Suns

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Astronomers have detected a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) – a mysterious, ultra-brief but extremel

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Materialism of the Gaps sub-discussion: the morality debate


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    63 Replies

Mediochre, 2019-01-10, 01:06 AM

(2019-01-09, 06:37 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: Can’t explain morality, meaning, value, or purpose for life?
Have they ever been demonstrated? Because every attempt I've ever seen boils down to someone trying to assert their personal likes and dislikes as ob

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Materialism of the Gaps arguments


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    15 Replies

nbtruthman, 2019-01-09, 06:37 PM

Atheists and materialists in general often accuse Theists and other "immaterialists" of appealing to ‘God of the Gaps’ type arguments, but the shoe is squarely on the other foot. [url=https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/embattled-social-sciences-hoax-prof-is-not-a-h

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Did the bacteria have afterlife?


General off-topic forum    3 Replies

Vy Chấn Hải, 2019-01-09, 09:47 AM

I wonder if there's such a thing as afterlife, whether the single cell creature have it, and maybe every cell in the human body have it too Huh


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