Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    4 Replies

The SPR has a glowing review by Robert Charman of a new book by Anthony Peake entitled "Time and The Rose Garden: Encountering the Magical In the Life and Works of J. B. Priestley". The focus is on how Priestley's interest in unorthodox theories of time, including J. W. Dunne's "Serial Time", influe

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Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    43 Replies

"My Body is but Wax and Wick for Flame. When the Candle Burns Out, the Light Shines elsewhere."
  ~ Egyptian Book of the Dead

“Life is a pure flame and we live by an Invisible Sun within us.”
 ~ Thomas Browne

From Beyond Physicalism: Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality:

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Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    16 Replies

https://gizmodo.com/does-the-large-hadro...1792686748


"In other words, he explained, if ghosts existed, then they should be able to interact with the existing particle

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Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

https://creation.com/scientists-wrong


"Actually, a major reason most scientists believe in evolution is that most scientists believe in evolution! This is a type of ‘confirmation bias’: the alleged scientific consensus was reached by counting heads,

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Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

The Obscure: On the Philosophy of Heraclitus

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Heraclitus of Ephesus was one of the great pre-Socratic thinkers. Called the Obscure and the Weeping Philosopher, he left behind a collection of fragments so mysterious and pregnant with meaning that

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Off-topic mainstream science forum    16 Replies

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n...-90353214/

"Wegener called his idea “continental displacement” and presented it in

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Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Dharmakirti and Thomas Nagel on the Origin of Mental Activity 

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Given the aforementioned relevance of the question where mental activi

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Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    22 Replies

https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-n...a-computer

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No matter how hard they try, brain scientists and cognitive psychologists will never find a copy of Beet

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General paranormal phenomena forum    4 Replies

Courtesy of the Daily Grail, here's a short article on how tomato plants have been found to react to the presence of snail slime in soil nearby, by producing an enzyme that repels snails. The article suggests there's something of a mystery about how the plants detected the slime, as it didn't actual

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