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Channeling


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Pssst, 2017-11-19, 08:24 PM

Pls move if in the wrong subforum.

I understand the general distrust for channeling, strange that. Physical reality is an altered state of consciousness (when compared to You as Spirit in your true consciousness), an artful channeling from and to the Higher Mind. We create physical reality throug

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Being a scientist


Off-topic mainstream science forum    No Replies

Steve001, 2017-11-17, 06:32 PM

Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller talks about being a scientist. I found the Q and A interesting also.
https://youtu.be/mLgmXQqZFfY


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Robert Jahn


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    6 Replies

Chris, 2017-11-17, 12:38 AM

K9! has posted on the Skeptiko Forums the sad news of the death of Robert Jahn, former director of the PEAR Lab and an important figure in parapsychology, particularly in the fields of micro-psychokinesis and remote viewing/perception:
http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/ro...0-2017.404

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Harvard scientists think they might have pinpointed the source of human consciousness


Consciousness science forum    12 Replies

Steve001, 2017-11-16, 09:55 PM

Havad U. no less.



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  • A study of 36 patients with brainstem lesions revealed that the majority of those in comas had damage in a specific area of the brainstem, while most conscious patients did not.
  • [b]The identification of the areas of the brain responsible for c


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Valuation of rationality and paranormal belief


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    12 Replies

Chris, 2017-11-14, 10:28 AM

I'm hesitant to post this, as the paper isn't available online (except for an exorbitant fee) and the abstract poses more questions than it answers, but in the thought that it may stimulate some debate ...

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, a forthcoming paper finds that scepticism towards "unfou

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Flat Earth theory


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    43 Replies

Chris, 2017-11-14, 09:44 AM

BBC video report on the Flat Earth International Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina:
[color=#404040][font="Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"][url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/41973119/why-do-people-stil

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Rupert T. Gould


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Chris, 2017-11-13, 09:27 PM

Rupert T. Gould's classic collection of anomalies, "Oddities" (originally published 1928; 3rd edition, 1964) is available at the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/B-001-015-438

[Image: Oddities.jpg]

So is a collection entitled "A Book

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Astrology?


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    3 Replies

Pssst, 2017-11-13, 08:30 PM

Hurmanetar on Skeptiko:

"The first few minutes were a rehashing of ideas over astrology... which prompted me to do a birth chart... before today I didn't even know what sign I was.


[i]So I went to a top search result, [url=http://astro.cafeastrology.com/]http://astro.cafeastrology.c

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Forum/wiki/VPS software upgrades


Feedback and announcements    87 Replies

Laird, 2017-11-13, 04:31 AM

[Original thread title: Planned forum outage starting from 2017-11-15 05:00 UTC (approx 2 days from now)]

A new (minor) version of the MyBB software which runs this forum was released a few days ago: [url=https://blog.mybb.com/2017/11/07/mybb-1-8-13-released-security-maintenance-release/]MyBB 1.8

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The Research Cabin Dream


Members' dreams    2 Replies

Mediochre, 2017-11-12, 10:54 PM

Had this dream last night. Normally I don't write up random dreams like this one but this one had a couple interesting words in it that I wanna check to see if they actually exist or not. Enjoy!

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My mom, sister, and I decided to visit a place that is considered so haunted it’s dan

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