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The Global Consciousness Project


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    347 Replies

Chris, 2017-09-12, 01:51 AM

I thought I'd start a thread on this project because, taken at face value, it provides some of the strongest experimental evidence for psi, but has tended to be neglected by sceptics and proponents alike.

It began as a kind of sequel to the microPK experiments conducted at the PEAR lab at Princeton

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Impersonating users deleted/perm-banned, including most notably "Leuders"


Feedback and announcements    85 Replies

Laird, 2017-09-11, 11:03 PM

Turns out our newly resident skeptic, Leuders, was merely an impersonator of the real Leuders: https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?tit...id=1869794

As well as perm-banning that account, we have deleted several other accounts created by the same ind

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Science is wrong about everything, but you can trust it more than anything


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

Sci, 2017-09-11, 04:08 PM

Science is wrong about everything, but you can trust it more than anything


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[color=#000000][size=medium]Psychology is working on the hardest problems in all of sci

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107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    2 Replies

Sci, 2017-09-11, 04:04 PM

107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud

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[color=#000000][size=small][font="opensans"]The journal Tumor Biology is retracting [url=https://link.springer.com/article/10

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Planning posts split from Psience Quest Interview No. 3: Loyd Auerbach


Interview planning    12 Replies

Vortex, 2017-09-11, 03:17 PM

Loyd Auerbach has agreed to give an interview on apparitions, hauntings, spontaneous cases, field investigations and "ghost hunting".

It will probably be ready closer to October, since Loyd is busy coming two weeks. But afterwards, he is mine (and ours, of course Wink ) to interwiew.

As with Tit

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Buddha At The Gas Pump Mega Thread!!!


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    47 Replies

chuck, 2017-09-11, 01:24 PM

It's been a couple years since I listened to Buddha at the Gas Pump. 

I've always been curious about Rick's show. He's at 414 interviews as of today. And many of his interviewees are people experiencing "altered" or "refined" states of consciousness.

I'm wondering how many people here at psi-q

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The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    26 Replies

Chris, 2017-09-11, 07:55 AM

E. Flowers posted a link to a video publicising this organisation, though it's difficult to find out much about it online:



They are not short of self-confidence, judging by the opening comparison with Albert Einstein.

There

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How to join the hidden politics, conspiracy theory & controversial science subforums


Introduction, rules, and guides    10 Replies

Laird, 2017-09-11, 04:33 AM

Update: as of 2025-12-07, the consensus was to remove these forums altogether, so access to them has been blocked, and they are no longer generally-accessible.

[s]Here on Psience Quest, the community voted to allow political and conspiracy theory discussions only in subforums which

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Sue Blackmore vs Graham Nichols Interview.


Out-of-body experience (OBE), astral travel, and lucid dream forum    32 Replies

Stan Woolley, 2017-09-10, 03:45 PM

Sue Blackmore vs Graham Nichols 

https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Sh...m-Nicholls


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Ancient singing techniques


General off-topic forum    13 Replies

Brian, 2017-09-10, 12:13 PM

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