As several people had posted new information in the thread on the Montrose Ghost, which arose out of a recent article by Robert Charman in the SPR Journal, I emailed him with a link to the thread. He replied, saying he had apprecia
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Now, it’s hard to argue with the findings of the gorilla experiment itself. It’s a fact that most people who watch the clip miss the gorilla. But it does not necessar
Interesting talk. Gary Weber explains, based on the existing research, what happens in the brain in the "normal" monkey chatter Default Mode Network we use, vs. no-thought states produced through meditative practices, and the parallels in psilocybin usage.
Apparently this went over my head but a study came out last week related to the plausibility of the notion that we are the only civilized species in the galaxy and the nearby "observable universe". It was released by Oxford University: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.n...8/06/26/hu