I've noticed there's a tendency to see anything to do with OBE, NDE and the like as being associated with something that is not of the material world and I eventually noticed that I don't have that view. Also that I'm not sure why it's considered immaterial. Personally I think these things suggest f
Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)
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Chris, 2018-02-28, 08:56 AM
Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, here's a blog post about a recent book by Kelly Bulkeley, entitled "Lucrecia the Dreamer: Prophecy, Cognitive Science, and the Spanish Inquisition", about a historical case I'd never heard of - the apparently precognitive dreams of Lucrecia de León in 16th-century
Thought this was an interesting video that got a little mention on Skeptiko but I'd like to bring it up again. Apparently the NDE part starts around 11:20 into the video. It seems he's trying to toss NDEs up to evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5CkXf92VJs
On another thread, Steve001 posted a link to a YouTube video about homeopathy. Among other things, it mentioned the placebo effect, and explained it in these terms: "If people believe that something will help them
The idea that physical bodies evolved is a standard and basic idea that is supported by data collection about all living things. Given that the smallest unit of life is a single-cell organism, it is simple to view complex organisms as multi-cellular systems where the cells have developed specialize
Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, here are a couple of blog posts about Robert Thouless's attempts to provide proof of survival by leaving coded messages, which could be deciphered by keywords to be communicated after his death: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/02/1...-delivery/ http://sci
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