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A sceptical critique of Beischel and Schwartz (2007)


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    3 Replies

Chris, 2018-06-25, 10:10 PM

I came across this while checking to see whether there were any other sceptical blogs worth including in the wiki listing. 

It's a bit old (2010), but I thought it was interesting in that practically every criticism of the paper is fallacious:
https://skepfeeds.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/talking-t

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Jonathan Wells: Zombie Science


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

Ninshub, 2018-06-25, 08:29 PM

This is a presentation of Wells' 2017 book, Zombie Science, which seems to be an update, at least in this presentation, of his Icons of Evolution.
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In his new book Zombie Science, biologist Jonathan Wells asks a simple question: If the icons of evolution were just innocent textbook errors,

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My Pesky Scotsman


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Stan Woolley, 2018-06-25, 01:10 PM

THE SITUATION

After arriving home this morning after dropping Maeve off, on entering my part of the estate there was a guy parked in a van unloading stuff. As he was parked alongside the kerb, and the car belonging to the lady he was delivering to was parked at an angle in the parking space opposit

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Let's complain


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Chris, 2018-06-25, 11:27 AM

Over at Skeptiko, "Number 22" complained about an article in the Express (UK) quoting Sean Carroll's claim that the "laws of physics" forbid post mortem survival:
http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/se...roll.4160/

Setting aside the merits of the argument (which I think are very limited, as th

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PsienceQuest Wiki


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Chris, 2018-06-25, 08:52 AM

A little while ago Laird set up a wiki section that could be edited by members of the forum. As an experiment, I've set up a page containing a small list of blogs about psi and the paranormal:
https://psiencequest.net/wiki/Blogs

I'm sure there are plenty more relevant blogs online, but on the ot

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Robert Lanza - biocentrism vs. the "dumb universe" paradigm


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Ninshub, 2018-06-25, 01:53 AM

[i]Speaking with the authority of a distinguished scientific career, Robert Lanza presents the case for abandoning the "dumb universe" paradigm and going beyond the illusion of our individual separatism. In a presentation that inspires optimism for the dawn of a new age of science, he explains the i

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Post formatting questions


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Ninshub, 2018-06-24, 07:32 PM

Does anyone know why posts tend to create extra spaces between what you include in your posts - text, images, videos, quotes? No matter how you try to squeeze them tightly together, the formatting seems to want to create extra spaces.


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Scientific study of the Shroud of Turin


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Ninshub, 2018-06-24, 07:30 PM

An interview with the authors of a recent book (the title is self-explanatory).



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Dr. John Jackson and his wife Rebecca share their guide to understanding the Shroud of Turin and the evidence surrounding it, \"The Shroud

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Growing Neanderthal minibrains


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Ninshub, 2018-06-24, 04:53 PM

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Exclusive: Neanderthal ‘minibrains’ grown in dish
By Jon Cohen
Jun. 20, 2018

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Until now,

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Swedes are inserting microchips into themselves


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Ninshub, 2018-06-24, 04:51 PM

Thousands of Swedes are inserting microchips into themselves – here's why
June 20, 2018 by Moa Petersén, The Conversation
[url=http://theconversation.edu.au/][/url]

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Thousands of people in Sweden [url=https://futurism.com/sweden-microchip

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