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Abiogenic undirected OOL now even more unlikely


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

nbtruthman, 2024-08-11, 12:18 AM

The undirected neo-Darwinian "evolution" of the first living organism has just become even very much more unlikely than it was before. 

A new study (described at https://evolutionnews.org/2024/08/that-i...600-genes/) has shown that the Last Universal C

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There now is ongoing psychical research into physical mediumship phenomena


Afterlife contact forum (deathbed visions, ADC, mediumship)    1 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-08-07, 04:27 PM

Several very interesting articles just came out in the current issue just published of the journal of the Society for Scientific Exploration, Vol. 38 No. 2 (July 2024), at https://journalofscientificexploration.o...ex.php/jse. The articles/papers and the following authors' comments (in the public

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New Sam Parnia book!


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    31 Replies

LotusFlower, 2024-08-06, 04:06 PM

I got my copy on Kindle. Pretty interesting so far.

My skeptic brother (who doesn't believe in NDEs or religion) said that he would rather be caught reading porn than a book about NDEs, and that if he was caught reading an NDE book he'd immediately throw it and grab the nearest porn magazine.


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Ecstatic Naturalism


Connected philosophy forum (metaphysics, ontology, theology, ethics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-08-05, 06:20 PM

The broad horizons of Ecstatic Naturalism

Asher Walden, PhD

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Dr. Walden introduces Ecstatic Naturalism, a metaphysics similar to Idealism but less committed to mind as we know it. While pro

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Interspecies Communication with Davis Brimberg


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-08-04, 04:15 PM



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[color=#131313]Davis K. Brimberg, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. She has worked with an animal rescue organization and has become certified as an owl handler. She has also studied dance and theater extensively as an ado

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“Physical stuff” can’t do this and that - a false Dichotomy


Philosophy of mind forum    56 Replies

sbu, 2024-08-04, 08:28 AM

As stated in another thread there’s no proof for the existence of “physical stuff” (whatever that is) or even an objective reality.

https://medium.com/machine-cognition/obj...24b494d6af

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This century-old revelation has pr

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Both materialists and non-materialists are saying this article proves their point


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    1 Replies

LotusFlower, 2024-08-04, 06:04 AM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical...r-AA1hvJXy

I noticed some materialists are saying that this proves consciousness/emotions is just a brain created phenomenon 

But then I also noticed some n

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A new confirmation of the operation of ID in the Cambrian Explosion


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nbtruthman, 2024-08-02, 06:50 PM

A new article in bbc news at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgxqdygpn09o explains how X-ray analysis has now revealed details of a tiny 520-million-year-old beginning arthropod, from the early Cambrian period. These anatomical details include a primitive nervous system and blood circulation syste

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Another sign of the breakdown of scientism?


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-08-01, 05:22 PM

An excellent and lucid new article on essentially the philosophical and scientific basis for Chalmers' well-known "Hard Problem" of consciousness, and on why science will never explain consciousness, just came out in (believe it or not) the influential scientific magazine Psychology Today. Perhaps a

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Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr—Islam: Truth and Beauty


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    6 Replies

Sci, 2024-07-30, 11:49 PM



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[color=#131313]On September 6, 2012, the BYU Museum of Art's auditorium and overflow seating were filled to capacity with eager students, faculty, and community members who gathered to hear from the renowned Dr. Seyyed Ho

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