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The famous Travis Walton case is a truly messy hoax.


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Brian, 2024-07-14, 10:01 PM




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Is the delete feature gone?


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Sci, 2024-07-14, 08:59 PM

Not seeing it as an option anymore?


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The Nature of Energy. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon


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

Sci, 2024-07-14, 08:41 PM



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[color=#131313]Energy is a key organising principle in modern science, the conversation of energy being a grounding and universal law. But what is energy?

In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Shel

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We are not machines


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    15 Replies

Sci, 2024-07-12, 11:01 PM

We are not machines

Phillip Ball

Quote:Welcome to the new, post-genomic biology: a transformative era in need of fresh metaphors to understand how life works

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Some biologists

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Subtle energies & healing. A dialogue with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Sci, 2024-07-12, 04:17 PM



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[color=#131313]Psychotherapies that work, though with no agreement about how they work, are becoming mainstream. For example, EMDR is widely used in the treatment of trauma. So what can be said about their efficacy and wh

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PMH ATWATER ..Fraud? Either way, still not a “good look” for NDE community or IANDS


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    15 Replies

Bill37, 2024-07-11, 07:26 AM

I don’t want to do any promoting of a podcast , but just needing to reference something , becuz it pertains to my question and concern ..

[color=#000000][size=1][font="UICTFontTextStyleBody"]Episode 586 of skeptiko podcast rea

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Terence McKenna - Minded World Soul | Nature


Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-07-10, 09:42 PM



Quote:Terence McKenna - Full Interview - BLACK SCREEN - 432 Hz & Thunder

New Dimensions Radio - 1991 - Host Michael Toms



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Fields as Formal Causes


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

Sci, 2024-07-10, 06:48 PM



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[color=#131313]In this conversation, Rupert Sheldrake and David Bentley Hart delve into the concept of fields in physics, discussing their nature as non-material formative causes and their historical context in scientific

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Dietary (and related) ethics [split from Do plants have minds?]


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    67 Replies

Jim_Smith, 2024-07-10, 01:07 AM

I don't like to eat raw vegetables. It bothers me to cut up living things and grind them into paste with my teeth and then swallow them.

I would rather eat dead meat then live plants.


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Anatheism: Rediscovering God in a Secular Age by R.Sheldrake


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    6 Replies

Sci, 2024-07-09, 08:28 PM



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[color=#131313]In this talk, Rupert Sheldrake explores the theme of finding God again, in an increasingly secular society. Drawing from personal experiences in India and his journey through various spiritual traditions, R

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