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Vaccines


General off-topic forum    206 Replies

Reece, 2017-12-14, 02:38 AM

Vaccines and the CDC were subjects of conversations for a while at Skeptiko . . . so I thought I'd mention for those interested with Amazon Prime that Vaxxed (a documentary on the subject) is available now for free.  (Maybe it's been for some time and I just didn't know).  I found it a great watch. 

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The vegetable kingdom


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Chris, 2017-12-14, 12:35 AM

Courtesy of the Daily Grail, two articles about unexplained behaviour in plants.

A longer one from Aeon about the possibility of memory, learning and thought in plants:
https://aeon.co/essays/beyond-the-animal...cities-too

And a shorter one from Science Alert abo

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AI Won't Save Us From Pointless Jobs Unless We Let It [ARTICLE]


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    9 Replies

Mediochre, 2017-12-13, 09:03 PM

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2017/12...8741465923

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Singularitynet - Dr. Ben Goertzel


Consciousness science forum    6 Replies

Hurmanetar, 2017-12-13, 05:07 PM

The AI genius scientist Dr. Ben Goertzel seems to be poised to lead humanity into the true AI singularity sooner than imagined with Singularitynet which combines blockchain technology with AI. 

Sciborg (where is that guy?) posted a number of things about Goertzel in the past that I found to matc

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Clinical trial of acupuncture for pain relief


General paranormal phenomena forum    2 Replies

Chris, 2017-12-12, 10:31 PM

Courtesy of the Daily Grail, positive results have been reported in a clinical trial of the effectiveness of acupuncture in relieving pain caused by aromatase inhibitors used to treat breast cancer.

[i]"Hershman and her team enrolled a total of 226 patients from 11 cancer centers nationwide and ran

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Extra Subforums Suggestions


Feedback and announcements    19 Replies

Mediochre, 2017-12-12, 09:21 PM

May I suggest including a "Solutions" subforum to the super secret conspiracy theory/political usergroup forums?

Yes, there's lots of bad things happening, but there's also a lot of projects that are very successfully pushing back. I don't think focusing only on the bad is healthy, nor is it accu

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The False School


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    5 Replies

Mediochre, 2017-12-09, 02:56 AM

I've been browsing around the forum and I guess I've had a few of the same things on my mind so I figured I'd write this. One of my most major sticking points for anything to do with psi is the whole love and light, earth is a school, everything is love... thing. I don't actually think it's possible

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Being forced to go back against your will


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    5 Replies

Mediochre, 2017-12-08, 11:52 PM

This is a scenario I've read in a number of Reincarnation and NDE cases. Person dies, goes to some place full of light, it feels all warm and fuzzy, they have absolutely no intention of leaving, but are told they have to or are forced to by someone else. I don't know about anyone else on the forum,

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Tressoldi/Marwaha Psi Survey


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    1 Replies

Chris, 2017-12-07, 09:37 AM

The SPR is publicising a survey about psi being conducted by Sonali Bhatt Marwaha and Patrizio Tressoldi. It's open to psi researchers and theoreticians, and "interested observers of the field":
https://www.spr.ac.uk/news/psi-research-survey

The subject matter seems to be various theories of psi

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Shannon Taggart: Seance (Book and Video)


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    1 Replies

Kamarling, 2017-12-05, 11:55 PM

SÉANCE: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm




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