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Tom DeLonge Article


UFO/UAP forum    6 Replies

chuck, 2017-10-11, 12:03 PM

I didn't want to muck up the resources thread. This thread is to discuss the recent article and Tom Delonge's projects in general.

Article--> https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ins...mg00000003

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Why do you seriously consider psi?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    29 Replies

fls, 2017-10-11, 11:48 AM

I put up this survey to get a rough idea of the main reason(s) people believe in psi. The poll questions are based on what people have said on the Skeptiko forum over the years. But if your reason is different, I also put in "Other". Please explain why, if you use this option.


This doesn't just

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Interview with Dr. Edward Kelly


General parapsychology    No Replies

Doug, 2017-10-11, 03:21 AM

Stuart Preston of the Consciousness Podcast interviews Dr. Edward Kelly about his work in parapsychology and survival studies:

http://theconsciousnesspodcast.com/episo...ard-kelly/


(Thanks to [url=http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/uvas-ed-kelly-on-the-cons

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Random forum fighting thread


General off-topic forum    91 Replies

Pssst, 2017-10-10, 08:55 PM

[quote='Dreamsoap Wrote: Spirits are not special and neither are you. Mediochre' pid='8929' dateline='1507667221']
More like a classic expression of not being a narcissist. We've both had enough encounters with spirits who unironically claim to be gods or angels who then demand that us lowly humans

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The SoulPhone™


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    77 Replies

Chris, 2017-10-10, 08:38 AM

Gary Schwartz is developing a SoulPhone™ to facilitate communication with the spirits of the dead. He hopes to have a SoulSwitch, that can reliably produce yes or no answers, in as little as a year's time. The nex

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Aug 2016: Jedi Is One Of The Fastest Growing Religions In Australia...


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    5 Replies

Sci, 2017-10-10, 05:35 AM

Jedi Is One Of The Fastest Growing Religions In Australia, And It's Causing Some Problems

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jedi-one-fa...e-problems


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[color=#000000][size=large][font="Cinetype, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"]In the nation’s c

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Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    6 Replies

Sci, 2017-10-10, 12:41 AM

Paging Max! :-)
Bacteria Use Brainlike Bursts of Electricity to Communicate

https://www.quantamagazine.org/bacteria-...-20170905/

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[color=#1a1a1a][size=medium][font="Merriweather, Georgia, serif"][i]With electrical signals, cells can organi

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A Theory of Reality as More Than the Sum of Its Parts


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2017-10-10, 12:40 AM

A Theory of Reality as More Than the Sum of Its Parts

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-theory-...-20170601/

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[color=#1a1a1a][size=medium][font="Merriweather, Georgia, serif"][i]New math shows how, contrary to conventional scientific wisdom, consci

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This has probably been asked before ...but


Consciousness science forum    133 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2017-10-09, 08:14 AM

Anyone who's had an operation under general anaesthetic knows that, at least in my case, it's the only time in my life that we really 'lost consciousness'. From the time that the chemical is injected and starting to count backwards from 100, 99,98, 97,96....then waking up maybe hours later! 

This

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Questions for Erika Pratte


Interview planning    8 Replies

Roberta, 2017-10-09, 04:49 AM

Hey guys

[size=medium]I have an interview set up with Erika Annabelle Pratte, Erika's expertise seems to be centered more around psychic/anomalous experiences and how people process them, instead of focusing on proof, and she has her own co-founded journal! She sent me a bio tha

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