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Origins of Consciousness


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-05-16, 01:12 AM

A link to this site appeared in my Facebook feed today. It's new to me so I thought I'd pass it on in case anyone is interested in taking a look. There's a podcast discussing the book with upcoming interviews with Dean Radin.

http://www.originsofconsciousness.com/

One small point that occurs t

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Contentious posts involving Pssst and a few others


General off-topic forum    24 Replies

Brian, 2018-05-15, 08:59 PM

This was continued from another thread to avoid anymore hijacking

Pssst said
Most schooling sucks...never met a Swedish teacher that new wth they were teaching about.

Funny, I learned to

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John Martin Fischer NDE talk


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    1 Replies

tim, 2018-05-15, 05:12 PM

Can veridical near death experiences be explained ?

I'm posting this because for the first time (at least as far as I know) California University Philosophy professor, John Martin Fisher, admits here (@1.09.14)  that some of them don't have an explanation.  

Quote: "He (Parnia) doesn

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Must we be normal?


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    27 Replies

Brian, 2018-05-15, 06:36 AM

https://www.verywellmind.com/magical-thinking-2671612

"It's when magical thinking clearly does not fit in with acceptable social norms that it can be a cause for concern."

The author of the above article seems to think that the diffe

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Rupert Sheldrake Vid.


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    5 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2018-05-14, 09:33 PM

Interesting interview with Rupert Sheldrake talking about Jordan Peterson and other things.




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Power posing


Off-topic mainstream science forum    3 Replies

Chris, 2018-05-14, 07:22 PM

The BBC reports that "Year 6 students sitting their SATs this week are striking a power pose in a bid to improve their results. [color=#404040][font="Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"]Staff at the Flying B

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A cure for the common cold?


Off-topic mainstream science forum    4 Replies

Chris, 2018-05-14, 03:35 PM

The BBC reports that researchers at Imperial College, London, may have discovered a cure for the common cold:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44107481

It hasn't been tested on humans yet, but lab trials using cell preparations suggest that if taken early enough, it should stop any cold virus in

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The Man Who Thought He Was Dead


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Typoz, 2018-05-14, 10:40 AM

The first of a series of five short talks on BBC Radio.
The Man Who Thought He Was Dead
Unfortunately I don't think this is available outside the UK (?).

Still, there is nothing really new here, it has been broadcast previously in 2016.

In this

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"Eyes in the back of the head" study


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Chris, 2018-05-14, 08:15 AM

Mysterious Universe has an article on a Japanese study in which a subject was surrounded by six screens and asked to find a target letter displayed together with 35 decoy letters, six on each screen. It was found that the time taken to find the target decreased when the pattern was repeated, even wh

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Do You Know Where Your Healing Crystals Come From?


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2018-05-13, 03:04 PM

Do You Know Where Your Healing Crystals Come From?

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I tried to track down the sources of crystals sold on popular websites. I found that some were mined in countries with notoriously lax labor and environmen

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