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When Even Awareness Stops: New Meditation Research | Ruben Laukkonen PhD


Consciousness science forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-27, 07:52 PM



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Can we turn off our awareness (i.e., conscious metacognition) in meditation and then stay in that state for 7 days without water, food, or going to the bathroom? A recent study by Dr. Ruben Laukkonen on the cessation of awar

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Purposes in Nature and Minds: Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogue 91


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

Sci, 2024-10-27, 12:16 AM



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One of the premises of modern science is that nature is devoid of purposes. Instead, purposeless explanations for phenomena are sought. And the strategy has proved hugely productive. Except that allusions to purpose never

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I Am Dead Now. Ok. Fine. No Problem!


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-25, 09:06 PM



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Davor Pranjic (Germany) had a near-death experience in a bar as a teenager. Only now has he decided to talk about it for Thanatos TV.

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A radical theory of consciousness | AI researcher Joscha Bach


Philosophy of mind forum    3 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-25, 04:28 PM



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Most are sceptical that artificial intelligence will one day become conscious. But might this scepticism be misguided? Join leading AI researcher, Joscha Bach, as he argues that we can create artificial consciousness if w

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A simple telepathy test: which word did I write?


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    42 Replies

Michel H, 2024-10-21, 07:20 AM

I recently wrote one of the following four words: "table", "chair", "house" and "garden" in one of my computer files, and I highlighted it (in yellow).

I ask you to tell me which of these four words I wrote.

The word was selected by means of this random number generator: [url=https://www.rando

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The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendental Experiences


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

Sci, 2024-10-18, 03:39 AM

The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendental Experiences

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TASTE is an online journal devoted to transcendent 1 experiences that scientists have reported. It lets scientists express these experiences in a psychologically and professionally safe sp

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The problem with the “hard problem”


Philosophy of mind forum    34 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-17, 03:27 PM

The problem with the “hard problem”

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...All the same, the so called “hard problem” is, in my view, a pseudo-problem that rests on a set of mistakes.  There is a reason why ancient and medieval phil

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Does Math Point to God? William Lane Craig + Graham Oppy


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    5 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-15, 02:11 AM




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Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    No Replies

Sci, 2024-10-15, 12:06 AM



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Ralston College presents a lecture by Dr Iain McGilchrist followed by a discussion with Dr Stephen Blackwood and questions from the audience. In his lecture Dr McGilchrist deals with certain themes that are treated at gre

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Why Seek an Alternative God?


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-10-14, 09:57 PM




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