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Elon Musk: I don't see any evidence of aliens.


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    23 Replies

sbu, 2024-05-18, 08:58 PM

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Musk elaborated on why he doesn't believe aliens have visited our planet, stating that, even with the thousands of broadband spacecraft that SpaceX operates in low Earth orbit, he hasn't once seen any compelling evidence of either extraterrestrial life or any potential craft operated by n

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The Long Trajectory


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    7 Replies

David001, 2024-05-18, 08:57 PM

I recently picked up a copy of "The Long Trajectory" by Dr Eric Weiss.

This doesn't seem to have been discussed much here (though SCI makes a brief reference to it), and it really does seem interesting. It explains Whitehead's argument in a more congenial way and he claims to extend it to include

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The Grimoiric Legacy of Jake Stratton-Kent


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-18, 12:17 AM



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[color=#131313]Gordon examines the grimoiric legacy of Jake Stratton-Kent. This largely breaks down into 3 main areas:

?️‍?️ The centring of the Ancient Greek components of what we can broadly call grimoire magic.


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Isn't the star system easy to abuse?


Feedback and announcements    7 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-16, 01:28 AM

I notice that some threads I think are great examples of this forum's thinking to be hit with a one star, for unknown reasons.

If I then give the thread five stars it averages this out to 3 stars or so. Doesn't this seem like a system that is way too easily abused?

Maybe we should have a rule

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Revisiting Searle's Chinese Room...


Philosophy of mind forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-16, 01:05 AM

The Chinese Room Argument.

The reason for revisiting:

Winner Of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French

Bil

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A tabulation of mind-body possibilities


Philosophy of mind forum    35 Replies

Laird, 2024-05-14, 07:57 PM

Hi folks. Attached is a PDF containing a little table I drew up in trying to methodically consider the various possible combinations of each of mind and brain as either physical or mental along with the(?) four possible types of relationship between the two (mind and brain). It was inspired by a lit

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Consciousness came before life


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

Sci, 2024-05-13, 10:52 PM

Consciousness came before life

Stuart Hameroff | Professor of Astrobiology, Psychology and Anesthesiology, and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Anirb

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We don't talk about brujos: And that puts people at risk


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-13, 08:02 PM

We don't talk about brujos: And that puts people at risk

Jules Evans

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It’s understood by those within shamanic cultures, and by westerners working within those cultures, that there is a dark side to shamanism -

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Insects and Other Animals [Possibly] Have Consciousness


Consciousness science forum    8 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-13, 07:49 PM

Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness, Experts Declare

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A group of prominent biologists and philosophers announced a new consensus: There’s “a realistic possibility” tha

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The Recognition Problem in consciousness research


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2024-05-13, 07:29 PM

The Recognition Problem in consciousness research

Anoop Kumar, MD, MMgt 

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To complement the well-known Hard Problem of consciousness, Dr. Kumar introduces the Recognition Problem: [

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