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The type of UFO called USO (Under Sea Object) now observed again


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nbtruthman, 2025-01-28, 07:09 PM

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-moving-...m-burchet/

This disclosure was revealed by an admiral no less; I don't think such a report would be disseminated by such a high-ranking officer is it wasn't extremely credible.

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"Republican Rep. Tim Burchett said in an inte

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Schelling's Mystical Platonism: 1792-1802 with Dr. Naomi Fisher


Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-01-27, 11:06 PM



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[color=#131313]May 7th, 2024, marks the official release date of Dr. Naomi Fisher’s important text on 'Schelling’s Mystical Platonism: 1792-1802,' from Oxford University Press. For this special occasion in Schelling schol

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Does Mystical Experience Give Access to Reality?


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Sci, 2025-01-27, 02:28 AM

Does Mystical Experience Give Access to Reality?

by Paul Marshall

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Mystical experiences can bring an overwhelming sense that deeper realities have been contacted or that the everyday world has been apprehended as it truly is. Philosop

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Monadology


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Sci, 2025-01-26, 08:00 PM

What Is A Monad? Leibniz’s Monadology

John C. Brady

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Leibniz’s Monadology is a wild text. Famously in it he argues that everything is monads, more or less

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BioLogos: God's Word, God's World


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Sci, 2025-01-26, 12:52 AM

Some interesting stuff, for example:

Return of the God Hypothesis: A Biologist’s Reflections

Darrel Falk

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Like him, I believe that God’s Spirit has been at work throughout the entire cours

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Ross Coulthardt interviews a purported participant in UFO crash retrieval


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Laird, 2025-01-25, 12:22 PM

This seemed to deserve its own thread rather than being lost in the multimedia thread. It includes purported video of a UFO retrieval (object is a white egg). It also includes claims that "psionics" - psi-talented persons - can communicate with and control UFOs, with video of one such purported psio

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The Bergsonian Metaphysics Behind Huxley’s Doors


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Sci, 2025-01-24, 09:02 PM

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[i]See What do we know about the risks of psychedelics? & free documentary What's in My Baggie? There is an incredible danger in thinking you can just find good psychedelics v

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The Meaning of Wuji (Wu Chi), the Un-manifest Aspect of the Tao


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Valmar, 2025-01-24, 06:51 AM

The Meaning of Wuji (Wu Chi), the Un-manifest Aspect of the Tao

[email=https://www.learnreligions.com/wuji-wu-chi-3183136]https://www.learnreligions.com/wuji-wu-chi-3183136[/email]

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Wuji and Taiji: What's The Difference?

Wuji can be contrasted with and is often confus

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The Third Way


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David001, 2025-01-23, 11:34 PM

As you know, "The Third Way" in evolution comes up in various discussions, such as our discussion of the professor.

I have found it hard to really explore this subject, partly because the books published by this group are fairly expensive. However, now ChatGPT can access the current internet (mu

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Nerd culture is murdering intellectuals


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Sci, 2025-01-23, 06:07 PM

Nerd culture is murdering intellectuals

Erik Hoel

[quote]For while most intellectuals are nerds, not all nerds are intellectuals. In fact, the majority of nerds aren’t intellectuals. And it’s problemat

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