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The Mother's Day Incident


Members' general personal experiences    No Replies

Mediochre, 2018-03-14, 08:47 PM

This is a companion piece that I’ll be referencing for my Energy Explanation thread. It is written to the best of my memory.

At about 3am, mothers day 2015. I was laying on the bed just thinking about stuff. Dreamsoap was in the other room on the computer probably playing a game of some type, I d

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Brain Back-Up


Consciousness science forum    9 Replies

Typoz, 2018-03-14, 04:17 PM

Quote:A start-up that claims it will one day allow people to back-up their brains admits it will come at the ultimate price: death.
Brain back-up start-up 'will be the death of users'

From the few comments on that article so f

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RIP Stephen Hawking


Off-topic mainstream science forum    27 Replies

Desperado, 2018-03-14, 04:32 AM

Sad news tonight where I live. I know he was a materialist by nature and a lot of us here don't agree with him on things, but it's neither here nor there now. Definitely doesn't defeat what he did help discover for mankind going forward. Brilliant man. 

Kind of feel like I'm writing a eulogy here b

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The New Scientist on Scientism


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    4 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-03-13, 06:36 PM

I have to say that I was surprised to see this article appear on the web site of the New Scientist which has always struck me as a rather conservative, mainstream publication. The NS, unfortunately, only gives limited access to its pages - a couple of free views before the paywall comes down, so I h

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Phoenix man turns to social media for help with paranormal activity


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    No Replies

macqdor, 2018-03-13, 04:15 AM

Phoenix man turns to social media for help with paranormal activity

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loc...984922001/

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Donald Hoffman: In layman's language


Consciousness science forum    3 Replies

Kamarling, 2018-03-12, 08:24 PM

I like and respect Donald Hoffmann but I sometimes have difficulty following his language because I'm not familiar with the scientific terms. Quite often he can be found in videos debating with other consciousness theorists like Daniel Dennett and the debate becomes heavily laden with such terminolo

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Grimerica: physician’s untold stories


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    No Replies

Reece, 2018-03-12, 12:01 AM

Interesting stuff:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grim...0390686638


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Dr. Alan Vaughan


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Ninshub, 2018-03-11, 07:02 PM

Recent upload by the Parapsychology Foundation.

Doorways to Higher Consciousness by Dr. Alan Vaughan



[i]Early in our perspectives series the Late Dr. Alan Vaughan presented his lecture "Doorways to Higher Consciousness.”

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Watched Ex Maxhina again...


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    4 Replies

Pollux, 2018-03-10, 02:47 AM

Watched Ex Machina again, and was wondering; are we absolutely "wired" to respond to a likeness of a human, even if we now it is not? Would we be fooled, even though we "know" that we shouldn't? I mean, we mostly would be flipping back

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Could psi have a materialist explanation?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    49 Replies

Desperado, 2018-03-08, 06:01 AM

Now, something to note here: I'm talking about actual explanations beyond the usual coincidence and fraud hand waves. As in if psi is a real phenomenon, then could it have a materialistic mechanism? Like what Ed May has tried to claim with his "retrocausality" approach. Just the topic for one second

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