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How nonduality kills sex


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Ninshub, 2018-07-04, 03:42 AM

OK, so this video isn't only about that. Just came upon this by chance, looking for something to listen to in the background.




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How language shapes our perception of reality


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2018-07-03, 07:21 AM

How language shapes our perception of reality

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Numerous studies have found that learning a new language can change how your brain pulls information together, and because of that, enables you to h

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'Dead' woman found alive in morgue fridge


General off-topic forum    6 Replies

Typoz, 2018-07-02, 01:57 PM

Not for the first time we see the difficulty in determining when someone is dead.
'Dead' woman found alive in South Africa morgue fridge

Without getting into detail of specific cases, almost certainly this has happened in past centurie

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RNG Training Experiment Idea.


Members' experiments    34 Replies

Mediochre, 2018-07-01, 08:00 PM

Back before I was legally blind I used to train trying to manipulate and read data from video games. I figured that, since it’s all just data in the computer, and that it was known to be possible to manipulate random number generators, that it should work. I started with Assassins Creed 2 where I tr

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Dream Classifications


Members' dreams    2 Replies

Mediochre, 2018-07-01, 07:09 PM

Random/Non-lucid – Defined by their lack of structure, usually fuzzy visuals, and non-lucidity


Semi lucid A - Dreams where I am consciously non-lucid but subconsiously lucid. Known for doing things like telling people I’m in a dream but not aware I’m doing so. Instead believing it’s all real. A

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Book: Other Worlds by Christopher G. White


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    3 Replies

manjit, 2018-07-01, 04:07 PM

As I'm posting, I thought I would mention this book I'm currently reading, just over half way through. I stumbled across it by chance, haven't heard anything about it anywhere, no podcast interviews etc (though haven't searched any out specifically, may do so after I finish it, he must have done som

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Neanderthal Brains To Be Implanted in Robots to Create Cyborg Cavemen


General off-topic forum    1 Replies

Chris, 2018-07-01, 09:40 AM

From Mysterious Universe:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/06/ne...g-cavemen/

Obviously the title of this article is a bit of an exaggeration, because the "brains" are only pea-sized pieces of brain tissue.

But what's disturbing about t

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How Long Can We Live? The Limit Hasn’t Been Reached, Study Finds


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2018-07-01, 02:55 AM

How Long Can We Live? The Limit Hasn’t Been Reached, Study Finds


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The mortality rate flattens among the oldest of the old, a study of elderly Italians concludes, suggesting that the oldest humans have not yet rea

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The Montrose Ghost


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    26 Replies

Chris, 2018-06-30, 09:51 PM

In the current number of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research is a Research Note by Robert Charman about the strange experience of the pilot and aviation executive Sir Peter Masefield, which was recounted by him in the 21 December 1972 issue of Flight International.

Masef

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Crows using vending machines


Off-topic mainstream science forum    2 Replies

Ninshub, 2018-06-30, 09:40 PM

Pretty amazing!

Crows can make tools from memory and improve on their designs over time. Experts from Cambridge and Auckland universities put crows to the test by training the birds to construct shapes from cardboard, receiving (...)

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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