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Pseudo-Skepticism: A Case Study


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    2 Replies

Ninshub, 2018-11-19, 05:13 AM

Michael Grosso responds to Joe Nickell's review of his recent book.

[quote]Pseudo-skepticism is definitive in Nickell’s “review” of my book, [i]The Man Who Could Fly: St. Joseph of Copertino and the Mys

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Time Lapse: Tibetan Sand Mandala


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2018-11-18, 09:36 PM






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Ayahuasca for PTSD: Interview with "From Shock to Awe" Producer Janine Sagert


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2018-11-18, 09:31 PM

Ayahuasca for PTSD: Interview with "From Shock to Awe" Producer Janine Sagert

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Cutting across political and socio-economic boundaries, the documentary film [url=http://

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Huw Price on Backward Causation


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    2 Replies

Chris, 2018-11-17, 08:31 PM

Eric Wargo's book refers to this short interview with Huw Price on the "philosophy bites" website, in which he puts the case for retrocausation. Perhaps as significant as what he actually says is the fact that he is far from being a fringe figure, as he is the holder of the Bertrand Russell Professo

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Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck?


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

Sci, 2018-11-17, 08:07 PM

Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck

by Patrick Collison & Michael Nielsen



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The picture this survey paints is bleak: Over the past century, we’ve vastly increased the time and mo

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Dean Radin interview.


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Stan Woolley, 2018-11-16, 08:18 PM




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Peeking Behind the Icons


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

Sci, 2018-11-16, 07:51 PM

Peeking Behind the Icons by Donald Hoffman

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After you put on your helmet, you find yourself on a sandy beach with nine other players dressed not in the ugly high-tech bodysuits you saw just a moment ago, but i

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Definition of kilogram to change


Off-topic mainstream science forum    1 Replies

Typoz, 2018-11-16, 09:32 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46143399

Quote:The kilogram, like the pope, is infallible

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The Kibble balance, as it has become known, has an electromagnet that pulls down on one side of the scales and a weight - say, a kilogram - on the other.

The electrical curr

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Remote viewing film Third Eye Spies


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    16 Replies

ersby, 2018-11-16, 07:55 AM

Third Eye Spies, which has been in production for about three years (maybe more?) finally gets a cinematic release in the US, on Feb 2019, according to the latest episode of New Thinking Allowed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9AsG1iNAyc

This film was leaked as a rough cut on YouTube over a

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Is the Universe Actually a Giant Quantum Computer?


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

Sci, 2018-11-15, 11:55 PM

Is the Universe Actually a Giant Quantum Computer?


by Alexandra Churikova

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Just like a quantum computer, physical processes involve the exchange and processing of information. Lloyd expla

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